Upsized Denim Is Here to Replace Your Skinny Jeans

While skinny jeans have reigned supreme as the go-to denim silhouette for years, lately celebs and fashion girls alike have been adding looser fits to their closets. Yep, instead of sculpted skinnies, upsized jeans are emerging as the new popular denim shape among the fashion set. A throwback to denim from the ’90s, they’re finished with hallmark wide legs and long inseams that evoke styles from the earlier decade.

Celebs like Bella Hadid and sister Gigi Hadid have been wearing them recently and have solidified them as a trend and made them one of the buzziest new denim trends set to take over 2019. So are you ready to replace your skinny jeans with upsized denim? I’m personally adding some to my closet right now and looking to stylish fashion insiders for cool ideas about how to wear loose jeans. Ahead, see the outfits I’ll be repeating; then shop them for yourself.

Crop top + tuxedo jacket

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Here’s a cool crop-top outfit Kerry Pieri effortlessly pulls off for an NYC outing.

T-shirt + leather trench

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A leather trench is easily one of the best investments you can make for the season ahead. Here’s evidence that it’s worth adding one to your closet—and how to style it with anti-skinny jeans.

Logo sneakers + oversized blazer

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Double up on the loose-fitting pieces by throwing on an oversize blazer. Liv Perez shows how easy it is to pull off the look.

White tank + denim jacket

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In my opinion, a denim-on-denim outfit is always cool. Here’s how to pull it off with upsized jeans.

Next, see the 13 fashion brands I wear on repeat.

Associate Director, Special Projects

Kristen Nichols is the Associate Director, Special Projects at Who What Wear with over a decade of experience in fashion, editorial, and publishing. She oversees luxury content and wedding features, and covers fashion within the luxury market, runway reporting, shopping features, trends, and interviews with leading industry experts. She also contributes to podcast recordings, social media, and branded content initiatives. Kristen has worked with brands including Prada, Chanel, MyTheresa, and Luisa Via Roma, and rising designers such as Refine and Tove, and her style has been featured in publications including Vogue.com, Vogue France, WWD, and the CFDA. Before Who What Wear, Kristen began her career at Rodarte, where she worked on assistant styling, photo shoots, and runway shows, and at Allure, where she moved into print and digital editorial. She graduated from the University of Southern California, where she studied art history and business, and currently lives in New York.