Taylor Russell and NYC Fashion Girls Are Ditching Vintage Jeans for This Fall Denim Trend
I'm the first person who'll tell you that a wardrobe without vintage denim, specifically 501s, is hardly complete or satisfactory. They've been beloved for over a century, and aren't going away anytime soon. However, for once, I'm eyeing another denim style with the same adoration and honestly obsession that I have for my classic, perfectly faded Levi's 501 jeans. And I'm not the only one.
Taylor Russell, the star of Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All and a jury member of the 2024 Venice Film Festival, was spotted in the Italian city a few days ago wearing the exact jeans trend I'm referring to: raw, dark-wash denim. Hers appeared to be of the barrel-leg variety, with a high waist and rust-colored stitching, similar to styles by Tibi and Jamie Haller. With them, she wore a white, crew-neck tee and a cropped, cream-colored V-neck sweater, along with black loafers, a CDG bucket hat, a tote bag, and sunglasses.
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But Russell isn't the only certified fashion girl choosing the more formal, sophisticated denim style. All over New York City this week—aka New York Fashion Week—show attendees have been opting for darker, raw denim, be they straight-leg, barrel-leg, or flared silhouettes. Specifically, I've spotted them outside of Tibi, Nanushka, and Tommy Hilfiger. And those are just the ones I saw with my own two eyes. When I started looking through street-style imagery, countless more appeared. Instagram's Eva Chen was among the chic dressers I saw in raw denim, styling a wide-leg pair with what appears to be a black Dior Bar Jacket. Stylist Savannah White chose Tibi's Sid jeans, also going the blazer route, though hers was cropped and embellished with multiple brooches.
Convinced? Same. Scroll down to shop some of 2024's best raw denim, from Levi's to Tibi. Trust me, after seeing how many ways this style can be worn, you won't regret packing away your vintage jeans for a season or two.
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Eliza Huber is an NYC-based senior fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and the intersection of sports and fashion. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 from Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a business degree from the University of Iowa. She's launched two columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, Gracie Abrams, and Sabrina Carpenter; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top runway trends each season. Eliza lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, watching WNBA games, and scouring The RealReal for discounted Prada.
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