Denim Trends: 3 New Ways to Wear the Essential

Give your hardest-working wardrobe essential a well-deserved update. To help with your refresh, we round up the season’s three standout denim trends across both the menswear and womenswear arenas.

Raw deal

After seasons of rips, fading and patchwork, (finally!) a smarter, office-friendly approach to denim is trending. We can almost hear the collective rejoicing. Straight from the mill, crisp, raw denim in hues of deep indigo was favoured at J Brand, Zadig & Voltaire and Frame Denim.

Canadian luxe

The humble Canadian tux gets an elevated update with the help of designer heavyweights including Versace and Valentino (available at IT and Joyce. While a double-denim combination can be notoriously tricky to style, this season just skip the fussy layering and button your jacket all the way up as seen at AMI and A.P.C. 

Nineties nostalgia

Pale blue, zero-stretch denim, a firm favourite on the street style arena for several seasons, returns with a twist: High-waisted mum-jean shapes shift into baggy wide-leg fits. Our favourite takes on the nineties trend come from Jonathan Simkhai, Alexander Wang, Marques’Almeida and Lacoste.