Currently, I’ve been obsessed with the return of low-rise jeans on the runway: Blumarine in all of its babetastic, flaunty glory; Vaquera with its weirdo, downtown kid vibes and baggy shapes; Molly Goddard, who pairs her large low-rise jeans with adorable tulle tops. There is a low-rise jean for every personality—and there should be a pair for everyone, too. Unfortunately, that isn’t quite the case. Search “plus size low rise jeans,” on the internet and the results pale in comparison to a search sans “plus size.”
Of course, we need the industry to be more size inclusive, while also dismantling antiquated views about what is “tasteful” or “flattering.” Low-rise jeans represent the ability to wear whatever you want. My colleague, fashion writer Christian Allaire, has long been a lover of low-rise jeans, not for their look but for what they stand for. “I’ve never quite understood the hate against low-rise jeans. If you don't like them, don't wear them? Some people feel sexy in them and that should be their right to wear them,” he says. “Between low-rise jeans and miniskirts, I feel like people hate them because they are not ‘flattering’ — but says who? I think the notion of ‘dressing appropriately for your body’ is outdated anyways. Being hot isn’t a look, it’s an attitude.” To accompany his point, he sent me a picture of early ’00s off-duty Spears in low-rise jeans and a simply tied white top.
Senior fashion and culture editor Janelle Okwodu also waxes poetic about low-rise jeans. “Low-rise jeans are about confidence and thumbing your nose at authority. It’s a provocative look but ultimately that’s the point,” she writes. “I think back to Alexander McQueen’s fall 1996 where it was all about butt cleavage and Kate Moss’ derriere peeking out from the lowest trousers imaginable, or Tom Ford sending his Gucci hippies down the runway in feather and floral jeans that showed off their hips back in spring 1999. These were in-your-face looks and if a person chose to wear them, they had to own it. Yes, thongs were visible but it didn’t matter if the person wearing it had swagger.”
Low-rise jeans aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, but they’re also far from the dominant style. Yes, in the early 2000s, low-rise jeans were everywhere, but fashion has evolved since then. People are wearing what they want to, and it’s easier than ever to opt out of a trend. Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid wear high-waisted pants as much as they wear low-rise jeans. Out in New York City, prairie dresses are as common as über low-rise jeans fastened with a shoestring.
And for some people? They’ve never gone out of style, even 20 years later. Recently, I went through Spears’s Instagram. She’s now a mom of two and always in low-waisted bottoms, dancing around. She looks happy, even liberated.
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