Don't mind if we take a bit of fashion-inspo from the boys. 👀
When designers set out to create menswear collections, they’re using the same concept of a muse that gets romanticized in women’s fashion. The muse may not be as iconic as Jane Birkin or as profound as Jean Paul Gaultier’s relationship with Madonna, but a muse is always present nonetheless—and the muse behind the 2022 menswear shows must have been wearing a jean jacket. Men’s fashion week featured so much denim on the runway that the word “jeans” is too generic of a term to describe it all.
Maybe Hedi Slimane, the current designer of Celine, spent some time admiring skateboarders around Paris. Or perhaps Anthony Alvarez of Bluemarble is binge-watching the tv series Yellowstone and has picked up on the subtleties of Western wear.
Men’s fashion week is often an indicator for the larger trends we’ll see emerge throughout the rest of the fashion season, and if you need a celebrity example, Kanye West is clearly on board with pushing denim to the forefront of style. Just last week, he made his couples’ debut with Julia Fox in matching denim ensembles at the Kenzo show. And we all remember what happened when Kanye started the trend of monochrome sweatsuits right? Hint: we all ended up buying them.
Bluemarble’s take on the extra-wide leg jeans included a colorful belt, which may be necessary in order to keep these pants up. You don’t need to know how to skateboard in order to rock this look, but carrying one around would really add to the overall Lords of Dogtown Take Fashion Week aesthetic.