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The return of skinny jeans? Men’s catwalks suggest wide-legged trousers are out and calf-huggers back in


Trend forecasters predict wide-leg trend may be kicked out in favour of ‘indie sleaze’ narrow trousers

Depop, the gen Z-loved secondhand site that often serves as an authority on trends, predicts “the new indie vanguard”, of which skinny jeans are a key part, will be “this year’s Brat Summer” (a distinctive style). Considered the hard launch for the slimline look, which is often referred to as “indie sleaze”, narrow silhouettes soon flourished, epitomised by Cheap Monday jeans and Pete Doherty – regardless of wearer, gender and body type. The cut remained central to the zeitgeist until the pandemic era, when waistbands and shapes relaxed and baggy clothes usurped formal – and physically restrictive – suits.

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