Moms' Jeans
Not to be confused with mom jeans.
I’ll get to the theme of this letter – which features 3 women and the jeans they rely on as moms – but first, I want to take a moment to talk about some of the denim looks at New York Fashion Week. Let’s start by clocking the long, heel-blanketing hemlines at Helmut Lang, Proenza Schouler, and Rentrayage. Though this is not a huge diversion from where we’ve been (or where Helmut has always been, for that matter), the leaner legs might indicate a shift towards sexier fits (bye-bye, baggies). Dark washes are dominating, but I prefer the playfulness of Proenza’s bleached, reverse-wash whites for spring. It’ll be fun to see what happens next in Europe.
Now, have you ever wondered why the idea of getting back into the jeans we wore before having babies is such a thing? I have. It’s hard to say what made me do it – probably a mix of cultural Kool-Aid-drinking and basic inexperience – but when I got pr…
