Jeans To Have On Your Style Radar By Ayoka Lucas

We’ve all had our jean woes. There are very few things more discouraging than a pair of ill-fitting, uninspired denim that mocks your true dream of butt sculpting, curve-enhancing, high-waist happiness. My plight has always been searching for the perfect cut that delivers the desired waist to booty ratio for that abracadabra hourglass silhouette. When said jean would manifest itself in my life, I would swear my devotion to that cut and brand. It wouldn’t be too farfetched to say that one thing we have mastered in our fashion culture is denim loyalty. In wardrobes across the globe, the one consistent item in our closet that we hold on to for dear life is our best-fit denim.  The truth is our wardrobes may be ever-rotating, but jeans usually are the last garments standing perhaps because of nostalgia or for the simple fact that you love the effortless style of it all!

It’s also one of thosIn this new decade of style that we have entered, we have discovered how to wear denim for almost every occasion, and designers are sending even more elevated reinvented denim looks down the runway each season.  Dress it up or down, wear your jeans under a dress or throw on double denim. There are no rules and the current availability of denim styles proves that, as time moves on, jean trends are simply reimagined with heavy doses of past influence. e shopping-list items that everyone should feel free to splurge on because it’s timeless and, if the fit is a dream, it’s worth it.

In light of the new decade, it only seems fitting (no pun) to provide this roundup of denim finds sure to be our new go-to’s for the next 10 years. Let’s face it ... denim is forever!! Here are the jeans to have on your style radar for 2020 and beyond!


CROP/HIGH RISE


SKINNY


DOUBLE WIDE


VISIBLE SEAMS/PLEATS

(left to right) IRO Despres Pleated High-Rise Tapered Jeans $425, AG Tomas x Jeans $298, CAARA UO Exclusive Pleated High-Waisted Jean $125, Isabel Marant Kelissa Paneled High-Rise Straight-Leg Jeans $485

Story by Ayoka Lucas, Fashion Editor, PhotoBook Magazine.
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