Since my jog through Coterie, I’ve been asked about the colored denim trend. Is it going to last? ask my friends. What colors should I buy? How do I wear it? At Joe’s Jeans, a salesgirl boasted that they are carrying 30 different shades of pastel jeans. 30 shades! Of just pastel! Atrocious! As if the pressure to wear white jeans weren’t bad enough - that’s 30 different shades to drop pasta, coffee, or chocolate on. No thank you. Grey. Maybe. I’m enabling photo replies. If you disagree, I dare you to post a great picture of someone in pastel skinnies.
I’m not opposed to color, though. While pastel is already being replaced by fo-leather, snakeskin, and the like, a few colors aren’t going anywhere. I’ve gotten second and third opinions on this one - try a red, purple, wine, forest green, or tons of shades of blue - royal, turquoise, navy. And black denim is as basic as indigo these days.
So you just bought a pair of red jeans and you want to know how to wear them? (I’m looking at you, Aunt Barbara) Obviously black, white, and grey go with anything. And those three colors striped in any combination should work too. You might be able to pull off a navy, or at least a white with navy stripes. The absolute easiest option is colored pants and a long-ish white collared shirt. You can’t go wrong. Feel free to post ideas.