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Blue jeans and a white T-shirt; there is perhaps no look more tried, tested, and refurbished. And with her off-duty model street style, Kendall Jenner is a regular partaker of the look and its many iterations. This time around, though, she’s brought the denim shape of the season into the mix.
On Wednesday night, the model was seen with Hailey Bieber donning a casual evening look comprising the elevated basic. She wore a signature cropped white crewneck T-shirt with low-slung barrel jeans in dark denim. The look was the ideal fusion of casual and on-trend, paired with two other season favourites—black ballet flats and oval —and a tan shoulder bag from The Row.
Inspired by 1920s French workwear, the barrel jean consists of a wide-legged style that curves out, creating an elongated and distinct silhouette, and then tapers at the ankle. Despite its divisiveness, the style has dominated denim trends at a lightning pace after its modern revival in Alaïa’s FW23 collection, and has been seen on many an arbiter of taste.
From a subtle balloon-legged look to the exaggerated horseshoe cut, there is a make suited for anyone looking for an everyday statement piece. For those who have been left wondering how to incorporate the trend into their wardrobe, Jenner models a dip into the shallow yet ever-so-stylish end of its waters.
For her part, Bieber brought her own elevated basics to the girls’ night. Wearing a white tee, flared trousers, and a leather moto jacket, the Rhode mogul accessorised with heeled sandals and a Mercedes-Benz cap. Though she decided not to twin with Jenner this time, she has also been known to rock the barrel jean occasionally.
Check out hers and other takes on the wide-legged denim genre below, as well as our edit of where to shop the look.
