Jeans with holes and abrasions
An integral part of the rebel look are the over-worn jeans, with numerous abrasions, tears, and holes. This motif dominates in the women's ready-to-wear line for several years, promising no retreat from this trend. Tears and white threads protruding from the fabric appeared on the catwalks back in the '90s, when designers were inspired by the emerging grunge subculture. Returning to the archetype of her woman, Donatella Versace and her team of young designers showcased the rebellious character of the Versus line through, among other things, torn jeans in a bleached blue shade with a loose, masculine cut. A new way of brutally decorating jeans, also shown by Versace, is the neat fraying of trouser ends, which should reach just above the ankle. Classic tears at the knees in light jeans were also presented by street-style Alexander Wang or the crazy duo Dsquared2.
Jeans with patches and embroideries
Popular patches and embroideries also hit the denim department. Floral ornaments or expressive patches with a message successfully adorn the legs of jeans in spring-summer catwalks. Stella McCartney showed a commitment to Mother Nature and her natural beauty in her denim collection, embellishing the slightly flared legs of her jeans with floral embroideries. Valentino Red also highlights the power of nature by adding interesting patches in the shape of swallows in flight to their jeans. Kenzo and Philipp Plein also propose interesting colorful patches on their pants.
Flared, boyfriend, or skinny jeans?
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, when huge, flared jeans legs were being forgotten, designers replaced them with figure-hugging, ankle-tight pipes. A few years later, when Katy Holmes was caught on the street with casually rolled up, baggy pants in boho style, no one believed that this trend could last any longer. Today, on the catwalks of top designers, we can see absolutely every shape of jeans - whether they are fitted skinny jeans, loose and beloved boyfriend jeans, or men-appreciated flares. The return of the latter can be particularly seen in the collections of Sonia Rykiel, Stella McCartney, Gucci, or Off White. Dsquared2 also proposes an interesting shape of jeans, reminding of the form of bell-bottoms, i.e., loose, flared trousers hiding the female silhouette. Diesel, in turn, decided to introduce culottes to its line of jeans, i.e., trousers with very wide legs of 7/8 length. What undoubtedly connects shapes and cuts of legs is that they should end above the ankle line, including some shapes of flares. An example of such a solution can be found in the collection by Stella McCartney. Saint Laurent and Rag and Bone are betting on classic boyfriends in a faded blue color.
