The Return of Slim-Fit? - Topic of the day 3/31/25
Is slim fit back? According to High Snobiety it just might be. Do you think slim fit will come back in fashion soon? Did it ever actually go away? Or is wide fit here to stay?
Highsnobiety
Slim Is In, Leggings Are Pants & Sexy Is Back
Milan & Paris Fashion Week shows propose tight pants & leggings to express personal sensuality. Gucci, Tom Ford, Dior, Acne Studios & more are all on board.
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:copium: no because i dont like them personally
tbh feel like outside of fashion circles, it never really left
Let's be honest, I'm not up to date with fashion anyway. I'm gonna just keep wearing what I like
i think wide jeans spread to most gen z people then ones that aren't really into fashion, but outside of that yeah it doesn't seem it really left.
I do think we are seeing some slim fits on runways these last few seasons.
I think slim is always going to be in, skinny vs slim is what most of these discussions actually center around
2010s just called skinny cuts slim unfort
I think that slim is back in a way but i also think we are kinda at a point where everything is in simultaneously
Which ik is an observation everybody has made at this point
I was off slim for a good while and then i got my century denim and they look really good and i wear them more than anything else!
So I guess an interesting question, do you think we will just see more trends being "in" at the same time without there being a zeitgeist so to speak?
I guess I'm talking for general outfits we see posted here or on instagram etc, not in runway stuff
Come what may I must remain comfy
People tend to wear what was popular among their generation when they came of age. For example millennials tend to wear slim while gen Z go for wider fits.
I think this question "is slim back" just keeps getting asked every few weeks and I think thats interesting in its own right
In all honesty, I don't really care about slim-fit chinos from a DTC brand selling to office drone millennials "is slim fit back?!?". The article is more interesting than that and I've enjoyed seeing different pants play into the vibes that the article talks about re sex appeal.
I'm certainly behind these kinds of curves in capital F fashion but I genuinely like a lot of the fits in the article as well as fits with much fuller pants that folks are posting from shows in #fashion and #inspiration
yeah i feel like every time it gets brought up recently it's "designers are playing around with slim fits on the runway" -> SLIM IS BACK (implying that your low rise banana republic chinos from 2010 are cool again)
two different things!
don't quote the devil wears prada monologue
True, the article makes some interesting observations.
For my part, I don't think slim fit will ever be back. Slim pants just don't fit around my thighs.
On the other hand, if one defines slim relative to ones own body shape, I might be wearing slim-ish pants already
I’ve been seeing a lot of people around my city wearing skinny jeans really well
tbh that's the only way that really makes sense to me, but it gets codified differently in product descriptions and names
I find skinny, slim, wide all cool, esp if they express a point of view beyond “I’m wearing this because it’s popular.” Variety is nice.
Yeah, If it looks good and I can move comfortably im up for most stuff.
In the wider culture, it depends who you ask of course. More broadly, I agree with the above that slim has been a default for the last 15 years for many people. To me, the average college age man on my campus dresses very similarly now as they did in 2015
i think the 2010s slim jeans look way different from the new ones cropping up. It's mostly the taper and low rise that isn't as popular anymore. More mid-rise and straight or flared slim jeans look much more modern.
I don't think slim fit chinos will be back for another decade. Chinos are so dated to 2010 that I don't think they'll be back in this wave
same with super super distressed slim jeans
personally i like when me pants are slim in the hips and butt area, but get bigger farther down? but idk what that’s called
thats just most flares/bootcuts for you
🔄 praying for my fav raw brands to release a slim/skinny mid-rise black jean
Painted on skinnies with the lowest rise will return. Butt cracks will hang out when you bend over. Ligature marks at the ankles by days end.
im not too big on slim fit but I do like the look of a slimmer fit upper (shirt, jacket) and a looser pant
slim fit indigo jeans look nice but I dont like how they sit on the shoe since theyre more narrow I dont like the break and I am not a fan of slim fit and no break. If I am wearing a boot though then its fine
I think it's really funny to see people who "don't care about fashion and just want to dress professionally" suddenly be interested in the bleeding edge of fashion trends the moment a fashion article says slim fit is back.
feels like as long as you have a vibe and your outfit looks intentional, it doesn't really matter if it's a trend in the current zeitgeist or not. So yeah, it's "in". but so is everything. as said by many of the above!
low rise will always be terrible tho imo js
at least for my bod
i wore all my pants super low rise (re: back rise just barely covering my bootycrack) until i got into fashion bc i just thought that’s how they were supposed to fit. now i don’t like it if a pant don’t reach my belly button
low rise pants are goated maybe one day yall will see the light ig
yes but they are uncomfortable:(