Fidelity Denim

According to designer Jason Trotzuk of Fidelity Denim, jeans are your absolute best bet for pants that will give you alluring mystery while resonating with a statement that’s chic, collected and utterly cool.

“When you wear jeans, compared to other common styles of pants, jeans say ‘I’m cool.’ Jeans are credibility,” he says. “Chinos are very casual and nautical and from the Hamptons. You put on a pair of jeans, and you can be from anywhere, from the South, from France, from Berlin — it’s just cool.”

Jeans and Music

The history that looms behind the familiar blue weave of America’s favorite fabric is what provides it with that cool credibility, says Trotzuk. Starting out as the working man’s pant, jeans segued seamlessly into rockabilly and rock and roll culture, dressing the fans and stars of the 60s and 70s, rocking the stage on the legs of Neil Young, Robert Plant and their ilk, and grooving to music as the teens and 20somethings of the free love and spirit generation sprawled out on lawns. Then disco gave denim a new face, and punk gave it yet another — but as much as it changed, it was still just blue jeans under all the extras.

“I was always fascinated by music and rock and roll, and jeans were always a part of it,” says Trotzuk. “You always saw people wearing blue jeans, sometimes they were beat up, sometimes they were embellished. For these people to go on stage and make a statement meant something to me, that just stuck with me.”

Fidelity Denim’s Designer: Jason Trotzuk

Trotzuk, who grew up during the influx of denim, started to make statements of his own. At 18 years of age, he was hand-painting old Levi’s jeans and selling them on Vancouver’s Robson Street for a couple hundred bucks a pop. The painting evolved into sewing and the pants branched out into denim jackets, and soon Trotzuk was making rock-star-worthy gear adorned in velvet flames and lace trim: one-of-a-kind pieces that stood out from the rest.

“My passion in this is making statements with my clothing, and making people take notice,” he says. “In the beginning it was never about money. It was about the impression that I had on my peers more than anything.”

The custom jeans carried Trotzuk through college, until he left to pursue the budding interest the market had in the motorcycle T-shirts he was creating, an item that he says got him into the fashion industry. But by age 30, the designer was “down and out,” and in need of business. He approached a local retailer in hopes of such a break, and was handed a pair of board shorts and asked to produce hundreds more.

Dish Denim

Thousands of private label shorts later, Trotzuk decided he’d rather create his own brand than make money for the other guy, and so the much-loved Dish line was born. As would be the case with any Canadian clothing label, selling board shorts year-round just wasn’t going to happen, so the brand expanded with T-shirts, jackets and, you guessed it, denim.

Plain and simple, the jeans took off. Trotzuk, ecstatic he had returned to his original passion for denim, fell into what he describes as a love affair with Dish jeans — but creating denim isn’t easy work.

“Blue jeans are a tough thing to get into,” he says. “It’s kind of like wine. You have to immerse yourself in it. You have to jump in the denim water, the blue indigo water, and swim around in it, and understand exactly how denim works.”

With a successful label tucked into his designer’s belt, Trotzuk sold Dish in 2004 and went after a new challenge: a Canadian high-end exclusively denim company. Aware of the devotion toward jeans necessary to create a line that would be considered authentic and original by the market, the designer launched Fidelity, a denim brand that aimed to embody the faithfulness its name implied.

Finally, Fideltiy Denim

Fidelity prides itself in a loyalty not only to denim, but also to the customer that wears the label’s jeans. The Fidelity woman is between 25 and 45 years of age, she’s independent and fashionable, but she’s also caring and conscientious, says Trotzuk. The brand then strives to create beautiful jeans for that woman, with a fit that works to flatter a wide range of shapes.

On the surface, it seems there’s nothing unique about Fidelity — the line features classic blue jeans that you could either have worn five years ago, or wear five years from now. What does bring the brand out from the crowd is its dedication to what Trotzuk calls the three “F”s: fabric, fit, and finish. And although the designer admits he doesn’t always manage to combine the best of all three, he’s always pushing for the perfect mix.

“When you get all three of those, boom! It’s a sound wave,” he says. “It reverberates through and everybody loves your jeans.”

Fidelity continues to create superb denim with a unique fit that shapes and holds you in all the right places, with luxurious fabrics that are robust with fullness and character, and in funky cuts that range from tailored pants to a sleek leg to a fabulous flare with extra kick.

“When you put on a pair of jeans, you want to feel good and look good, and that’s what you get from Fidelity,” he says, adding with a laugh, “We sprinkle confidence dust in the jeans so therapy is not required.”

Fidelity Denim Goes International

Originally a purely Canadian brand, Fidelity denim is now sprinkling its dust all over the globe, from such below-the-border hot spots as L.A., New York, and Miami, to the posh boutiques of the UK’s fashion district and Germany. The stars of Hollywood are tapping into the Fidelity frenzy, too, with Eva Longoria, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Naomi Watts, Kristin Cavallari and Jessica Alba – to name a few – slipping into Trotzuk’s denim.

Fidelity denim has the versatility, fame-factor and tangibility of little else in your wardrobe. Plus, according to Trotzuk, those pistol-hot jeans will do more talking than any other pants you own.

“It’s a statement,” he says of wearing denim. “You’re saying something about yourself. If you’re wearing flip-flops, you’re saying ‘I’m chilled,’ if you’re wearing heels, you’re saying ‘I’m doing damage,’ and if you’re wearing boots, you’re doing even more damage. You can only do that with a pair of blue jeans.”

Designer Jean Fit Guide

Denim aficionada Amanda Casabianca scoured stores for designer jeans to fit-test them with a group of girlfriends; Casabianca categorized designers jeans as fitting either true to size, running small, or extra small.

Here’s what she found:

Fit True To Size: Size 30 = Dress Size 10

• Abercrombie
• Blue Cult
• Fidelity Denim
• 
  James Jeans
• Joie
• Juicy Couture
• Notify
• Paige Denim
  
• People’s Liberation
• Sacred Blue
• 
  Serfontaine Jeans
• Taverniti SO
• 
  True Religion Jeans
• Yanuk
• YaYa

Run Small: Size 30 = Dress Size 8

Run small mainly through the hips, thighs and bottom but could still work on a curvy figure, depending on your proportions:

• 575
• 7 For All Mankind
• AG
• Alice +and Olivia
• Antik
• Big Star
• Chip and Pepper
• Citizens of Humanity
• Corleone
• Da Nang
• Diesel
• Edun
• Frankie B
• Habitual
• Joe’s Jeans
• Kasil
• L.A.M.B.
• Loomstate
• Lucky
• Miss Sixty
• Paper Denim & Cloth
• People For Peace
• Red Engine
• Rock and Republic
• 
  Rogan Jeans
• Salt Works
• Union
• Versace

Run Extra Small: Size 30 = Dress Size 6

Fit most comfortably on the very tall and slender or petite and slim:

• Bebe
• D and G by Dolce and Gabbana
• Ed Hardy
• Evisu
• Ezra Fitch
• Fornarina
• Grass
• Hudson
• Just Cavalli
• Oligo Tissew
• Pringle
• Reo Starr
• Roberto Cavalli

Jeans pictured are: True Religion Billy Super T in Medium Lovestruck

Jeggings

Skinny jeans just got even skinnier, and even more unflattering with “jeggings” the newest moniker for this generation’s version of spray-on-tight jeans with an elasticized waistband.

What are Jeggings?

Please note: since “jeggings” have been pegged as the new “it” pant for fall, I’ve witnessed many designers and brands trying to pass of what are clearly skinny jeans, cigarette pants, and even ordinary straight jeans as jeggings, in a misguided attempt to be hip, cool, and “now.”

Jeggings are really just leggings which are styled to look like ultra tight denim jeans. This regrettable hybrid is typically made of denim-spandex blends, but you can also spot jeggings which have been cut from other materials and merely make a nod to denim in their detailing – such as faux washes and grain, false zippers, pretend pockets, and imaginary top-stitching to create the illusion of jeans.

How to Wear Jeggings? Don’t.

Unlike leggings, which women often sport under a skirt, dress, or (at the very least) a long top, jeggings are almost always worn as a stand-alone garment, leaving absolutely nothing – and I mean nothing – to the imagination. I’m all for owning your curves, but does that mean we have to put it all out there for the world to see, sheathed only by a thin film of wannabe denim? If you’re going to wear jeggings, follow the leggings side of their family tree and and layer them under dresses, skirts, and longer tunics.

Who Should Wear Jeggings? Almost No One.

If you have to be skinny to wear skinny jeans, what body type must you have to pull off a pair of jeggings?

Have you ever noticed that the women shown modeling jeggings have no asses? Yeah, and they also haven’t got much in the hip or thigh departments, either. Unless you’re anorexic (which is neither healthy nor cool) or haven’t hit puberty yet, these jean-legging chimeras are a seriously bad idea. The way I see it, there are about nine women in the world over the age of thirteen who can get away with wearing jeggings without looking like their legs are the sausage side of a banger ‘n’ mash meal. Purchasing a pair of jeggings as a gesture to being trendy would represent a massive misstep on the elusive path toward taste and style.

 

Maternity Jeggings

Oh wait, I just came across a pair of maternity jeggings. As a woman who has had two (very fit) pregnancies – I can tell you that there is no way in hell that I would want to even imagine seeing myself in a pair of skin-tight pants while sporting a bulging baby bump and the extra ass that comes with it.

Jeggings: Frankensteins of Fashion

And there’s more: Macy’s is now carrying a brand called Tyte Jeans, whose creative folk have decided to take the 1980s fashion mashup experiment one step further, fusing denim jeans, leggings, and – wait for it:leg warmers. Is this really necessary?

Why Do Jeggings Exist?

The excuse given to justify this sartorial atrocity is that jeggings are so much easier to tuck into tall boots, a smart and enduring trend over the past several years. Whatever. That reasoning is totally bogus, as jeggings are almost always styled with ballet flats, stiletto shoes, ankle boots, or (ugh!) sneakers. My retinas are still burning.

Okay, so thanks to their largely spandex composition, they may be comfortable, but since when does comfort equal style? And what’s so comfortable about not being able to breathe or having to peel (or cut) yourself out of a pair of pants?

Jeggings Give a New Name to a Familiar Fashion Faux Pas

People probably think that jeggings are somehow a fresh invention of the 21^st century, but like so many of today’s trends, jeggings are nothing new. Need we revive everything from the eighties? Maybe I’m just prejudiced against the ever-so-trendy jegging since I am just old enough to have owned a pair of bubblegum jeans, acid washed, no less; I believe I was eleven and succumbing to peer fashion pressure.

Just because marketing teams have come up with a shiny new name for the legging-denim lovechild, doesn’t mean we haven’t seen them before. They were awful then, and they’re even worse now. And even if they were a fashion first, pumping out umpteen styles, colors and cuts will not make jeggings any more flattering. Jeggings and their elasticized waistbands can take their bandwagon and drive right on by.

How to Wear Skinny Jeans

The 1980s are making a comeback with the recent resurrection of skinny jeans.

You may be cringing right now if you remember the horrific bubblegum jeans of one of the tackiest decades of fashion, but don’t worry, this season’s incarnation of the skinny jean is much more tasteful.

Styles of Skinny Jeans

Straight Jeans: The skinny-jean-shy can ease into the trend with the widely appealing and most universally flattering cigarette or straight leg cut. This slim style closely grazes your curves without clinging to them as much as other skinny cuts.

Skinny Jeans: These are the middle-of-the-road: stretchy, tapered (ankle-hugging) skinny jeans.

Super-Skinny Jeans: Super-skinny jeans have the highest percentage of stretch fiber and deliver a sprayed-on look (without the ribs of the 1980s bubble-gum jeans).

What to Wear with Skinny Jeans

A long, lean top that hits at hip level (or below) is the perfect top for skinny jeans; an empire waist top that billows out over the hips flatters wider hips and an ample bottom. For boyish silhouettes, wear skinny jeans with leaner, body-skimming jersey tops.

Tips for Buying Skinny Jeans

The key to finding the perfect pair of jeans is in the fitting room, and this is even more true for skinny jeans. You’ve got to try on every pair of skinny jeans you can get your hands on until you find the right fit.

Buy dark washes – indigo, dark grey or black – to create a lean silhouette and minimize your wider parts.

How to Wear Skinny Jeans

There are essentially four ways to successfully wear the skinny jean trend:

Skinny Jeans Tucked Into Boots

Flare, bootleg and wide legged jean styles are a total pain to tuck into boots: they bunch, wrinkle, and can even make it impossible to zip up the boots themselves. That’s why the typical mode of wearing skinny jeans is tucked into high boots.

Not only does this style allow you to show off your hot, fashionable boots, it’s also the most flattering way to wear the skinny jean. The visual mass of the boots help balance out the hips and bottom, making the skinny jean becoming on even curvy figures.

Skinny Jeans with High Heels

The second way to wear skinny jeans is with stiletto high heels. When worn with pointy toe, peep toe or even strappy high heels the effect can be very slimming by creating the illusion of longer legs. This is a fabulous look for all women, but especially for hippier women, and those with shorter legs. To play up your curves, wear this style with a slim-fitting shirt or trendy boyfriend blazer.

Rolled-Up Slim Jeans

You can get creative with skinny jeans by rolling them up six to eight inches and wearing them over high boots, ankle boots, or even stilettos.This is a significantly more casual way to sport the skinny jean, and it works even for those who shy away from slim-fitting denim.

Skinny Jeans with Flats

There is another way to wear designer skinny jeans, but it’s difficult to pull off, as it exaggerates the hips and butt, and can make even slender women look heavy. This infamous style is, of course, the skinny jean worn with flat shoes. A word of warning: skinny jeans should never be worn with sneakers.

Jeans Style Guide

Stylish jeans are the foundation of every wardrobe, but finding the perfect jeans can be tricky. Here’s a guide to low-rise and skinny jeans, stretch, colored, and trendy denim.

Dangerous Tapered Jeans

Tapered styles draw attention to and accentuate your bottom, stomach and hips, and have the tendency to leave your legs looking like spindly, shapeless sticks. If that wasn’t enough, they also create an awkward juncture when meeting shoes.

Tapered jeans are most flattering when worn tucked in high boots, but can also be fashionably worn with ballet flats or high heels. Hopefully the evil stirrup pant is no longer being manufactured, but should you come across this vile pant-leg, run.

More universally flattering styles are the straight or boot-cut leg, which create longer silhouettes.

High Rise Jeans

High rise jeans are extremely fashionable this season, and are a stylish option for most body types.

Low Rise Jeans

Low rise can be sexy, but resist wearing extreme low rise jeans such that your underwear are exposed above the waistline of the pant. Nobody wants to see your thong; it is not a fashion statement. Pulling off the low rise requires a significant amount of work: ab work.

It is never flattering to have a muffin top (bulge of fleshy midriff) exposed above a low rise pant.

Stretch Denim

Stretch is not meant to be tested at its limit. Denim is blended with stretchy components to facilitate freedom of movement in snugger styles.

Just because you can squeeze your body into a size doesn’t mean it fits: can you walk around comfortably? Can you bend your knees? Can you breathe? If not, move on.

Trendy Denim Details

If you have a heavier bottom, avoid very large pockets or other design elements that draw more attention to that region.

Denim Sizing

There is no shame in wearing a size that fits. Avoid getting pegged into a certain ‘size number’. Different designers use different standards for sizing: know your measurements and a general range, but try items on to be sure they fit properly and are cut to fit your particular shape. Alterations may be necessary in order to get the perfect fit.

Having said that, realize that jeans will likely stretch slightly, losing some of their sexy snug factor. Again, do not purchase a pair of jeans that feel uncomfortable in the store – they will remain uncomfortable, unworn, and consequently a depressing reminder of the money that would have been better spent elsewhere. Also be sure not to buy jeans that are too big or bulky, especially around the waist and bottom. They will never quite complete the hip or funky outfits you intended to create with them, and (unless you put on a few pounds) these jobbies will also remain unflattering.

Denim No-No’s

Colored Jeans

As a general rule: avoid colored denim.

Darker shades of blue read more like a basic black, and are more versatile in that they may be more appropriate for casual work-wear or dressing up for a night out on the town. Extremely light blues tend to look less sophisticated. Brightly colored denim (including red, green, and any other non-blue hue) was a bad mistake from the late 80s early 90s; don’t re-live it.

Distressed Denim

There is something to be said for worn jeans that look faded or distressed because they have actually been worn.

Designers will often slightly distress or artificially age jeans to give them a more lived-in look, and when this is done in moderation, it usually looks great. However, jeans marked with distinctly distressed stripes and splotches (for example on the bottom, thighs, or hip-crease) belong in the same category as acid-wash jeans: Save your money and move on.

High Waisted Jeans

Women’s high waisted jeans — and high rise pants in general —  took a hiatus from the hips of hip trendsetters for the last few decades.

In fact, since the mid-nineties, low-rise and even ultra low-rise jeans have commanded denim fashion, a style which — for many women — has been a trend that didn’t easily translate from the runway to the real world.

Super sexy, low-rise cuts aren’t always flattering or appropriate; the style can work against women with fuller figures or certain body types, and ultra low-rise at the office isn’t such a good idea.

A Retro Alternative to Low Rise Jeans

This season, the low-rise trend finds a little competition from a retro shape known as the high rise cut.  But they’re not new.

Women’s High Rise Blue Jeans Are Back in Style

Farah Faucet and Charlie’s Angels (the originals) rocked the high-rise, wide-leg jeans in the late ’70s and early 80s, and Vogue even declared low-rise styles déclassé in May 2002. Tom Ford and several other designers made a move toward high waisted pants by showing a trouser with a higher waist, wider legs, and dropped crotch in spring of that year for their fall collections. And in 2003, contemporary fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker declared to Vogue magazine that she doesn’t consider low-rise styles to be age-appropriate for a woman like herself.

Despite the earlier shift toward higher waisted styles from fashion idols, it has taken a few years for the trend to catch on in the streets and on the bottoms of women everywhere. SJP and Tom Ford will be happy to see that the public (and retailers) have finally embraced sophisticated high rise styles.

Designer Options for High Rise Jeans (Finally!)

Designer denim brands have responded to the high waisted movement by spinning out a variety of styles, including wide-leg, flare, trouser, straight, and slightly tapered high-rise jeans. Some of our favorite high waisted designer jeans with the best selection include: James Jeans, Desert Blue, Earnest Sewn, Joe’s Jeans, Citizens of Humanity, Hudson Jeans, Serfontaine,  and 7 for All Mankind.

Pros & Cons of Women’s High Rise Blue Jeans

High rise styles look great on most women and give the illusion of height by lengthening the leg; wider leg styles of high-rise denim are most universally flattering and do the best job of creating a long, lean silhouette. Here are some troubleshooting tips for high rise jeans on different body types and for different occasions:

High Waisted Denim Accentuates an Hour-Glass Figure

Because high rise jeans cinch the narrowest part of your torso, they play up curves. This makes them ideal for naturally curvy women who want to accentuate what they’ve got, as well as for more boyish figures who want to create the illusion of an hour-glass figure. Take this one step further by looking for high-rise styles that feature thick waistbands or belts.

High Rise Jeans for Women with Wide Hips

If you have wide hips, look for high waisted denim with larger rear pockets or flap pockets, and details like sailor-inspired buttons or small pockets in the front – these features will break up a wide expanse of denim that could otherwise make you look even wider through the hips and flatten your bottom.

High Rise Jeans for Women with a Round Bum

If you want to minimize the roundness of your toosh, choose high rise denim with minimal details on the rear.

Once you’ve invested in a basic pair of high rise indigo blue jeans, experiment with different washes like shades of gray (the new neutral) or black for dressy outfits, or retro cornflower blue for casual looks.

High Rise Jeans at Work

High waisted jeans – particularly wide and trouser cuts in dark washes — are a perfect fit for the office. Look polished and professionally casual by pairing a dark rinse high-rise wide leg or trouser jean with a tucked-in white shirt and a cropped jacket. Throw on a few cuff bangles and a thick belt with platform pumps and get down to business! Here’s a tip: wear a shirt with a built-in bodysuit so it stays tucked in.

High Rise Jeans at Night

Dip into the transparency fashion trend by wearing a sheer blouse over a metallic camisole tucked into dark high rise jeans with a pair of metallic platform pumps, and party!

Find the Perfect Pair of Jeans

A good pair of jeans is the staple of every woman’s wardrobe, but finding denim that flatters your figure can seem impossible.

Here’s how to make the hunt for the perfect pair of jeans a little less grueling.

Denim Fit Facts

• Denim will usually stretch, so you should always wear your jeans in the store for a bit (sit, stand, walk)before making your final assessment on how they fit. Keep in mind that most jeans stretch out a bit with wear and then shrink back once washed.
• Rigid denim (100 percent cotton) runs small, but will eventually conform to your body, and last longer than stretch varieties.
• Jeans with stretch are more figure-forgiving but have a limited lifespan; even the highest quality stretch denim will lose its elasticity with time. Size down in stretch styles and never put them in the dryer, as heat destroys the stretch factor.
• Due to the popularity of low-rise styles, size your jeans based on your dress size or the measurement of your low waist, where your jeans actually sit, not the measurement of your natural waist.
• Go up a size when buying maternity denim to account for weight gain in late pregnancy.
• Consult a tailor to get the perfect fit. The extra money is worth it when you’re investing a couple hundred dollars in a pair of designer jeans.

Denim Styles by Body Shape

Inverted Triangle or Apple (shoulders wider than hips)
This body type looks good in lower rise styles due to its slim hips. Flare, trouser and bootcut styles, and lighter or distressed denim flatter by balancing shoulders with lower portion of body.

Rectangle or Straight (small difference between waist and hips)
This shape naturally lacks curves, so jeans with flaps on the back pockets and styles with flare or bootcut legs create the illusion of curves and a rounder bottom. Ultra-tapered styles work on this for by bringing hips and thighs into proportion.

Triangle or Pear (hips wider than shoulders with round thighs)
The classic pear shape benefits from slimming dark washes, bootcuts that counter-balance broad hips, and/or straight leg jeans that help to elongate the legs. This shape should avoid flap read pockets, over embellished backsides, and tapered legs that accentuate a wide bottom and hips.

Hourglass (proportional upper and lower halves; curvy with well-defined waist)
Ladies with this build can easily wear trendy skinny legged and/or ultra low-rise styles that accentuate the curves of this sexy shape.

Petites
Smaller ladies should avoid cuffs and bootcuts – they make short legs look shorter. Instead choose straight cuts to lengthen the legs.

Tummy Troubles
Minimize a tummy with a bootcut, mid-rise jean that hits across the belly, and avoid high- or low-waisted styles.

Denim No-no’s

• Muffin Top: Low-waisted jeans are too low and too tight for your figure, causing your tummy to spill over your waistband.
• Fashion Fix: Avoid low- and ultra low-rise cuts and opt for mid-rise styles.
• Plumber’s Crack: A low-rise reveals your unmentionables when you bend over.
• Fashion Fix: When you crouch or sit down wearing low-rise jeans, hike up your jeans and pull down your shirt, preventing innocent bystanders from viewing your butt-crack or thong.
• Bubble-Gum Jeans: Stretch is not meant to be tested at its limit: just because you can squeeze your body into a size doesn’t mean it fits.
• Fashion Fix: Avoid cheap stretch denim, and make sure you can walk and sit comfortably without feeling sausaged into your jeans.

The Allure of Designer Jeans

Despite many skeptical analysts in the world of high finance like influential Stacy Pak at Prudential Securities, who predicted a shrink and fade for denim’s popularity, the demand for high-priced denim has not peaked and shows no sign of letting up.

Denim glory is built, literally, on the backsides of the rich and famous.  Most high-end denim has distinctive back pocket stitching that separates each design from ordinary wranglers and, of course, each other.  Today, that means that every issue of Lucky showcases a hot new brand favored by Hollywood’s elite.  For example, the August issues of In Style, Lucky, Glamour and even People ran spotlights of dozens of different brands ranging in price from a pair of $545 Stella McCartney jeans (favored by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson) to a $176 pair of True Religion jeans that apparently grace Jessica Simpson’s bod.  But the naysayers feel that tomorrow (or next year), when Hollywood tires of denim – as it did of trucker hats – In Style will feature no jeans of any kind, and the “cool jeans will be cool no more.”

This argument simply does not fit. Here are a few reasons why high-end denim will not be shrinking and fading anytime soon:

The Casual Elegance of Designer Jeans

A white oxford shirt and a tailored pair of dark blue bootcut jeans is the new Chanel suit for many office environments.  Segue right into an evening out by changing into a well cut peasant blouse or cashmere sweater.  Most importantly, you can show your physique off and still look classy on the job or on the town, in Blahniks or Pumas, 365 days a year rain or shine.

Celebrity Jeans Fit Just Right

Granted many of us are weary of seeing magazine after magazine packed with functionless celebrity fashion tips but when it comes to jeans we can’t get enough.  One shot of Kate Beckinsdale in Union or Victoria Beckham in her own signature stretch denim line by Rock and Republic, and we know what’s going to look good on ourselves.  Note how the skinny tapered jean caught on now that boots are everywhere for Fall and that it somehow never caught on with pointy flats…

Designer Denim Collectors Market

Jeans are not going out of style anymore, which is a recent and most welcome trend.  The Miss Sixty Dublin cargos from 2003 are still hot (just not with satin pumps) and Abercombie’s Chelsea Flare, now replaced by The Madison, is as popular as ever.  One fashionista swears by the back pockets of a jean because of their ability to create drama as well as shape your butt.  Collecting more obscure denim lines like Taverniti, Corleone, or Pringle will give you an edge in a sea of 7′s and Citizens.