The denim discourse is rife with controversial trends. In the pants department alone, several styles leave style savants polarized. Skinny jeans, for example, once beloved in the early 2010s, have all but been shunned for being "cheugy." Meanwhile, low-rise jeans, a pelvic-baring style fashionistas buried in the early aughts, made a glorious comeback in the past couple of years, triggering PTSD among millennials who survived its first renaissance.
Despite the style's divisive nature, more designers are sending the look down their runways. Models at Alaïa, for example, sashayed in an exaggerated billowy pair during the Fall/Winter 2024 season, and more recently, Gucci embraced the trend in its Spring/Summer 2025 show.
Elsa Hosk shared her latest look, donning a high-neck boxy leather jacket zipped completely closed, and complimented her edgy ensemble with light wash barrel-leg jeans, demonstrating her fearless approach to fashion.
The most recent style to cause a divide is the barrel leg. The wide-leg shape is fitted at the waist, curves out mid-leg, and tapers at the ankles, like a barrel.
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