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\"\"Denim<\/strong> has been getting louder for three years now, ever since volume returned to the leg and everyone had to decide where they stood on it. The barrel jean<\/strong> arrived first, curving out at the thigh and drawing back at the ankle, dividing wardrobes into believers and holdouts.<\/p>\n

This fall the silhouette has been sanded down into something far more wearable, and the fashion crowd has given it a name that explains itself on sight. Tulip jeans<\/strong> carry their volume high and round through the hip and thigh, then taper to a clean finish at the ankle, tracing the line of a bloom still holding itself closed.<\/p>\n

The effect reads as sculptural<\/strong> while staying clear of costume, which is why the style has traveled so quickly from runway to office.<\/p>\n

Where the Shape Comes From<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\"\"
Katie Holmes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lineage runs through Ala\u00efa<\/strong>, whose catwalk did more than any other to establish the curved leg, giving it an outsized, rounded cut that reached Free People<\/strong>, Madewell<\/strong> and the rest of the high street within a season. Purists found that version a little avant-garde for daily life.<\/p>\n

The tulip<\/strong> interpretation keeps the curve and trims the excess, landing somewhere a boardroom can accommodate. Flowers have supplied fashion with proportions before. Christian Dior<\/strong> named his spring 1953 collection the Tulip line<\/strong>, building fullness across the bust and shoulders while drawing everything in below, working the same logic in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

Who’s Wearing Them, and With What<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Halle Berry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jennifer Lopez<\/strong> has folded the shape into her off-duty rotation, usually with a denim jacket<\/strong> and a bag doing the talking. Katie Holmes<\/strong> keeps hers deliberately plain, setting the volume against a button-down shirt<\/strong> and flat shoes, which is the most useful blueprint on offer. Photographed in New York this month, Halle Berry<\/strong> wore a cropped pair with an oversized blazer<\/strong> and white sneakers, showing how little the silhouette asks of everything around it.<\/p>\n

The lesson worth borrowing is restraint above the waist<\/strong>, since the jeans handle the drama unassisted. A fitted knit<\/strong> or a tucked shirt gives the curve somewhere to begin. Footwear matters more than usual here, with a low-profile sneaker<\/strong> or a slim boot keeping the tapered ankle visible and the proportion intact. Worn this way, the shape holds its bloom through the coldest months, which is more than most gardens manage.<\/p>\n

\"\"Levi’s, Cinch<\/em> Jeans, $ 63.98<\/a><\/h4>\n

\"\"Cos, Elasticated Jeans, $ 129<\/a><\/h4>\n

\"\"Jacquemus, Ovalo de-N\u00eemes<\/em> Denim Pants, $ 790<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"author":42787,"featured_media":116658,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17],"yoast_head":"\nSay Goodbye to Barrel Jeans: \u2018Tulip Jeans\u2019 Are the New Denim Shape Taking Over This Fall - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tulip jeans are fall's defining denim shape. 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