As cool as they look, the trendy baggy jeans are impractical in cold, wet autumn weather. The trend back to slim silhouettes comes at just the right time.
The Italian fashion house Trussardi, among others, triggered it. In its upcoming spring collection, it showed skin-tight jeans with decorative seams and leg slits. This was combined with fitted denim jackets in an oversize style. Prada and Ferragamo also surprised with fitted trousers, which they styled with oversized blazers and figure-hugging tops.
Kendall Jenner (27) demonstrates how to style skinny jeans in everyday life. The model wears a white crop top, a yellow coat with wide shoulders and black heeled boots with his high-waisted skinny jeans. If you don’t have model legs, you can cheat on them thanks to the combination of high-waist jeans and heeled boots.
Lace-up boots with chunky soles go just as well with skinny jeans as boots. Jeans with a 7/8 length are recommended so that shoes and pants don’t get in each other’s way. If you don’t own one, shorten an existing model, like Cathy Hummels (34). The moderator complements her tight jeans and chunky boots with a cozy teddy jacket.
Whether with a blazer, knit sweater or blouse – skinny jeans are also the right choice in the office. The only requirement: as a contrast to the figure-hugging trousers, the top should have a wide cut. With trendy Mary Janes, ballerinas or loafers, jeans don’t necessarily have to be skin-tight at the ankle. Influencer Anouk Yve demonstrates it on Instagram.
It may come as a surprise that skinny jeans are suddenly on everyone’s lips again. The “Elle” magazine headlined “Skinny jeans are dead”. The fashion magazine caused a wave of indignation, especially among millennials. A veritable argument broke out between Generations Y and Z on the social media platform TikTok. The latter provoked with supposed styling ideas for skinny jeans. In truth, they hid behind the with
The debate was also reflected in the sales figures. According to the American market research institute NPD, seven percent fewer skinny jeans will be sold over the counter in 2021. Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi’s, confirmed the “New York Times” a trend towards “casual, loose fitting clothing”. But he doesn’t believe “that skinny jeans will ever disappear from women’s fashion”.
