Why Skinny Jeans will soon experience a big comeback

Woman Cepallayou can currently see a lot in the designer collections. Why is that?
It is true that jeans have conquered the catwalks. They are a democratic piece of clothing that everyone can afford. Tailoring dominated fashion before the pandemic, you often saw elegant pants and suits. But a lot has changed in the past five years. You have got used to comfortable, casual clothing, many of them no longer move away. You can even say: jeans are the new training pants.

Which cut is currently announced?
It used to be simple: fashion dominated in the 1970s, in the eighties Röhrenjeans, in the nineties Baggy Pants. There were already subcultures at the time, but basically a cut shaped the look of a decade. Today, in times of Tikkok and Instagram, it is different. There are several trends in parallel. Cuts such as bootcut and flared are currently in demand, as well as jeans with a wide leg. They include Baggy cuts, but also the so -called Barrel Legs.

Barrel Legs?
This is the name of a trouser cut with a wide, shaped leg that runs together on the waist and on the ankles and thus emphasizes the narrowest areas on the body. As a result, it offers a flattering silhouette and a comfortable fit for many women.

What about skinny jeans? The gene Z is particularly afraid of your comeback. Will you soon squeeze back into tubes?
The Skinny Jeans returns, there is no doubt about that! However, she doesn’t celebrate her comeback today, not even in the next season. Although it already appeared occasionally, for example in the Balenciaga and Miu Miu collections, she has far from arrived in the mainstream.

Still, is your comeback only a matter of time?
Yes, because every trend returns after about 20 to 25 years, including the Skinny jeans.

You have to explain that.
One speaks that trends need about this period of time to return. This is mainly related to the following generations. At some point, everyone discovers the fashion symptoms of earlier years. They often also serve as a demarcation.

A fashion law?
Exactly. However, Tikkok and Instagram ensure that the time breakdowns in which trends experience a comeback are increasingly reducing. Let’s take the skinny jeans as an example: she was known and announced in the 1980s as a tube, her comeback then celebrated her in the mid-2000s, but at that time with a stretch content. So she will soon return and, in the next few years as a further development, will again master the mainstream.

You have already mentioned bootcut jeans. Since the Superbowl appearance of Kendrick Lamar Are you on everyone’s lips. A trend that the US rapper triggered?
No, we have been watching that the pants legs on display come back for a while. Chemena Kamali in particular, the German creative chief of Chloé, encountered the revival with her debut collection in 2024, in which she showed impact trousers on the catwalk. A trend that inspired many other brands. We also felt great demand for bootcut and flared jeans. Both models have been part of the collection for years, but demand has only increased steadily since last year.

How do you actually differentiate between flared and bootcut jeans?
The flared cut refers to jeans with a very wide blow, as they once wore hippies in the 1960s and 1970s. The trouser leg is also exhibited at Bootcut-Jeans, but only so wide that it is not stowing over the boots. Therefore, the name Bootcut comes. She was once worn by cowboys, later by sailors. Their legs on display could be rolled faster if you had to walk through knee -deep water.

What washing is the order of the day?
Definitely RAW denim. Jeans must now be dark, with a clean look. By wearing, natural abrasion traces and unique effects develop that make up the character. RAW-Denim jeans are not always produced sustainably, but their production is definitely gentler by avoiding the washing processes.

RAW Denim looks good, but often only until the first washing. After that, light washing folds often form that no longer go away.
That’s right, there are a few things you should consider. On the one hand, it helps to turn the jeans on the left and not to pack the washing machine too fully. A shot of vinegar can also help. In general, I recommend not throwing jeans into the machine too often.

But what helps against lending?
Ironing is not always the best idea, but can definitely help to get jeans back into shape. You should make sure not to iron them too often and not too hot so as not to damage the fibers. With jeans with an elastan content, ironing should ideally be completely dispensed with.

What about the freezer?
This can also help, especially when it comes to eliminating unpleasant smells. Sometimes, however, it helps to simply hang your pants in the bathroom. Water vapor that arises during showering can also bring jeans back into shape. There are already special sprays for denim who help keep the jeans fresh for longer.

The Germans have eight jeans on average. How is that with you?
I actually have my own denim cabinet at home, which is about 60 pants. But I often wear the same thing, as is currently our “Jonta” model. It has a very casual cut. But I also have a lot of vintage models that I mostly find in Italy.

If you would have to recommend a cut for the summer: Which jeans should you definitely wear?
For the summer I recommend the new Barrel Leg Shape “Jazzie”. In general, of course, it applies that everyone should feel comfortable in their jeans fit. Trends are not style laws, but only entertaining fashion symptoms. They come and go – and sometimes you just have to wait long enough for the old favorite model to be trend again.