Skirt Jeans

Suddenly, it seems jean skirts are everywhere. Here are two I recommend. Plus, Becky Malinsky's summer Polo RL's.

There’s more to jeans than jeans. As my dad, someone who has worked with jeans for most of his life, would say: Jeans – the category of fashion, but also the way of life – go way beyond classic 5-pockets. Skirts, jackets, overalls…these are all jeans. I’d say, jeans (singular) is an attitude that can be achieved by wearing jeans (plural). Denim is fabric. Jeans is style.

Reformation Jayde High-Rise Denim Midi skirt; Hommesgirls shirt; New Balance sneakers.

So, skirts. When I started looking for jeans for this letter (No. 2), all I saw were skirts – there’s Kate Bosworth in one at the launch of her new collaboration with Roxy; there’s a floor-sweeping version in Rag & Bone’s latest Resort ‘24 collection; Chioma Nnadi, the editor of Vogue.com and host of The Run-Through (my new favorite podcast), was out in NYC in one with a broad, ruffled hem by Junya Watanabe. “I’m so into jean skirts,” Chioma told me. “I’ve been collecting the vintage Junya ones. Also, I have a fishtail Balenciaga one…