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Spring denim 2023

2023 is the year of denim. For whatever reason it is everywhere and worn in every possible way including double denim.

If you buy one thing for spring, make it something denim. Denim is timeless. But its silhouettes aren’t exactly immune to fashion’s trend cycle either. Season after season, there’s continuous excitement and curiosity surrounding what specific looks will enter and exit the chat. Are low-rise jeans back? Are skinny jeans dead? Well, consider these and the rest of your burning sartorial questions for 2023’s spring denim trends answered.

It's easy to style with any wardrobe essential and even easier to fashion into any form, with dresses, skirts, shirts and more made from the failsafe fabric. The styles go much further than our favourite pair of straight-leg jeans. Consumers are seeing denim as more than the everyday basic than it once was. People are, of course, still in the market for that one great fitting pair of everyday jeans, but they’re also looking for something unique and special that they can mix into their everyday rotation.

So whilst low slung jeans are back in style it doesn’t mean we have to wear them. It’s about choosing some great denim pieces and using them back with everything else in your wardrobe for a wearable but upto date look.

Here are the spring/summer 2023 denim pieces that are bound to reap compliments.


Denim dress


Denim shacket


denim skirt


denim shirt


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The only skirt you need this season

Denim Midi or Maxi skirt

Last seen during the height of Sienna Miller’s boho era, get ready for the denim midi and maxi skirt to come back in 2023. It was a dominant presence on the runways of all the Spring/Summer shows, the denim skirt is looking like a serious contender for best in show. The denim maxi skirt promises versatility and, more notably for those who shied away from it's skin-baring counterpart the mini, lots of wearability. It has already made its way into lots of fashion influencers wardrobes so be prepared for the denim skirt to reign in this year.

One of its many attributes is that it can be worn trans seasonally. I wore this white denim midi skirt throughout Spring/Summer 2022 and have been styling it with thick tights and boots for Winter. It would also work well with knee high boots, thick jumpers and leather biker jackets.

Denim maxi skirt I am wearing is from Zara, £45.99


Denim skirts to buy






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The new jean shapes

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By far the most requested or asked question to me over the past couple of weeks has been what are the newest jean shapes? I think after lockdown we aren’t so into wearing our skinny jeans anymore, something about the restrictiveness of them. Some are even saying that the skinny jean is dead, read this elle.com piece on this thought. There are some new shapes that have been around for a couple of seasons but now seem to be coming into their own. Whilst we all might still be living in comfies, jeans are the hardest working item in our wardrobe and getting the right fit for your body is one thing I can help with, but feeling upto date and stylish is what I’m updating you with right now.

Given denim’s versatility and value in your wardrobe, now is the perfect time to invest in a fashion-forward pair of jeans for Autumn. Sales of skinny jeans are down and new shapes like a tapered leg, the Mom jean and the cropped kick flare are becoming more everyday style. My new pair that I have brought this season has been the Whistles barrel leg jean in acid wash. I have this style already from Whistles but was really taken by the newness of the wash, and I have to say I have been living in them.

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High waisted styles are also here to stay, long forgotten a frumpy waist, now its all about how you dress your high waisted and last year Levi’s brought out a style called Ribcage, which were the highest waist they have ever done. What used to be a fail-safe jean, the skinny jean was the staple that formed the basis of every look, now when I pop it on it can make me feel lumpy and overexposed. Maybe it’s an age thing, feeling comfortable in my clothes is something that has become more important to me over the past few years. It might be hard to part with the skinny’s but I urge you to read on and think about your own personal style.

So whether you live in your jeans and want something new to bring your style upto date, I hope to excite you with some new styles for your wardrobe.


Tapered jean or Mom jean

High waisted tapered leg shape are your new comfy go-to jeans that are very flattering if worn high waisted and can be worn with trainers, high tops or tucked into slouchy boots. I have had my Zara pair since last Autumn and have lived in them. Here are some versions of this jean shape -


Cropped ankle length kick flare

By far the most interesting new jean shape to grow over the past couple of seasons. You need to be ok with showing your ankle or wearing skinny boots that stick to the leg to fully appreciate the shape of these jeans. This shape is very flattering and will bring your jeans styling bang upto date.


Barrel Jean

These are very similar to the tapered jean in shape at the ankle but are fitted at the waist and the thigh for a more flattering shape.


Straight

A fashion girl favourite, this is your new skinny silhouette who’s popularity is growing each season. Much more flattering in the leg than a skinny, the length has to finish in the right place though. High waisted and to the ankle will look great on everyone.

High waist straight jean, Mango, £49.99

High waist straight jean, Mango, £49.99


Bootcut

The bootcut and flare are the newest trend that every couple of years comes around again. There are is a 70’s trend but be careful to not go too wide leg or wide on the thighs, the most flattering bootcut is skinny on the thighs then kicking out at the calf.


White / Cream jean

I didn’t get as much wear out of my white jeans this Summer due to lockdown, but now as the season is changing I am feeling like I want to wear them. The shape I have isn’t skinny but they are high waisted and with a check blazer over the top it breaks up the white colour, making the outfit chic for the Autumn rather than Summery.

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Your isolation wardrobe

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As we start this journey together (I appreciate some of you might have been in isolation for a week or so now), I know that daily I am going through a roller-coaster different emotions and feelings, moments of happiness for what we have currently and thoughts of sadness at what the next few months of our lives bring. One thing is for certain that we will be spending A LOT of time in and around our own houses, never venturing outside to go to jobs, run errands, do the school run, meet up for coffee or pop to the gym. The photos above is what I am going to wearing on repeat over the next few weeks until the weather starts warming up.

Life has changed and so must our dressing habits. When we have downtime at home be honest most of us pop on our ‘comfies’, which can be an old pair of tracksuit bottoms, activewear, PJ’s, onesies or purposely brought lounge-wear. When helping women detox their wardrobes there is always an acceptance that we have and we wear lounge-wear around the house, but I always insist we clear it out so this doesn’t get too full of old t-shirts, sweaters and tracksuits that have holes in them and are no longer wearable.

This morning I cleared my drawer of PJ’s, old yoga pants and sweaters and popped a few bits in the clothing bank whilst off out on a walk with my family. So now I know what I want and what I’m missing from my 'isolation wardrobe’, it’s time to start shopping. I have broken it down into categories for inspiration for you, for what you need and please, only buy pieces that work for you as trips to send parcels back to the retailers at the post office or local shops is not something all of us are capable of doing in isolation.


JOGGERS


SWEATERS


CO-ORDINATES


COMFY JEANS


DUNGAREES

Hush Dungarees, £65.00, John Lewis & Partners

Hush Dungarees, £65.00, John Lewis & Partners

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