Skinny denims are formally over – simply ask Travis Scott

Earlier this 12 months gen Zers and millennials took to TikTok to debate the sartorial legitimacy of thin denims. Consumer @momohkd instructed her then 410,000 followers to “set their skinny denims alight”, whereas @takingbackmylifeat42 advised skinny denims are very a lot in because it took her “43 years to get skinny sufficient to put on [them]”. The query over whether or not or not anybody ought to put on spray-on, tubular skinnies stays. 

Travis Scott has seemingly weighed in on the subject and has given denims of gargantuan proportions his blessing. The “Highest In The Room” rapper took to the stage at music pageant Rolling Loud Miami this weekend to belt out a collection of hits, together with brand-new observe “Escape Plan”. He slipped right into a pair of brilliantly saggy, bell-bottom denims.

Scott's droopy denim slacks are a far cry from the Pete Doherty-favoured skinnies that gen Xers threw their weight behind on TikTok and as a substitute are extra in step with these huge Karl Kani denims P Diddy (then Puff) repped in 1991. The ripped, wide-legged denims sit inside Virgil Abloh's not too long ago debuted Spring/Summer time 2022 assortment for Louis Vuitton, which was swamped with outsized bottoms, and not using a skinny silhouette in sight. 

Scott, who has emerged as an indeniable power within the area of menswear because of his glorious private model and collaborations with Dior and Nike, isn't alone. The rap celebrity sits with Raf Simons, Alexandre Mattiussi, Diesel, Dolce & Gabbana and Martine Rose within the camp favouring flared and voluminous denim, every of which has not too long ago pushed large-than-life denim for SS22. 

In the meantime, simply yesterday Hedi Slimane offered his Spring/Summer time 2022 assortment for Celine, which noticed him bid adieu to skinny denims and introduce a billowing, floor-skimming silhouette to the home. It was a stunning flip, notably contemplating that the designer has lengthy been a proponent of spray-ons and arguably kick-started the 2000s love affair with them when he first served them at Dior for Winter 2005.

TikTokers ought to take into account the talk over.

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