Are skinny jeans out?
As lockdown restrictions relax around the country, many of us are daring to RSVP to intimate gatherings with an affirmative. For our closets, that means pulling out pieces that had been relegated to bottom-drawer status in the recent past. As you reach out for your beloved jeans, consider this (if you are an avid follower of gen-Z trends, youll already know): Earlier this year, the TikTok generation seems to have voted out skinny jeans, effectively declaring them as over. As I planned an outfit for my first outing since April, I got thinking about this. Skinny jeans were my OOTD staples for most of the Noughties and 2010s; the default sartorial setting, if you may. It was what we wore in a rainbow of hues to hang out in the college canteen and beyond, and what we continued to wear even as we bagged our first jobs. I, for one, have been cheating on my skinnies with Uniqlo crops for some time now. Even so, I havent been able to get rid of them entirely. Dhruv Kapoor, whose collections often feature denim must-haves, doesnt think you need to bury those skinnies just yet. I personally never liked skinny jeans in the past, but I am in love with them now! They make an appearance in our spring/summer 22 collection too, he says. Nothing really dies out completely in fashion. It just settles down when there is a new and overpowering influence. But it always springs back in due time. Kanika Goyal is on the same team. Fashion is cyclical. Every now and then people feel the need to add new denim styles to their collection. But that doesnt make skinny jeans outdated. I would categorise them under classics rather than a passing fad (barring the low-rise kind, though! ).