Good jeans: spring's most delightful denim

Dark indigo or stonewashed, embellished or upcycled, denim was a huge hit on the S/S 2020 catwalks. Keen to enter your own blue period? Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Loewe and Weekend Max Mara and Jacob Cohën make a case for a host of jean styles, be it the Canadian tuxedo or tailoring in monochromatic hues or with punchy patchwork, a skirt with retro flair or denim with deconstructed drama.

By Jack Moss

last updated 31 October 2022

in Features

Shirt, jeans, both POA by Bottega Veneta.

Jeans £870 by Gucci at Browns Fashion. skirt £870, by Gucci at Matchesfashion.com — Left, jeans £870 by Gucci at Browns Fashion. Right, skirt £870, by Gucci at Matchesfashion.com

Jeans £625, by Loewe at Browns Fashion. jacket, £795, by Loewe at Matchesfashion.com — Left, jeans £625, by Loewe at Browns Fashion. Right, jacket, £795, by Loewe at Matchesfashion.com

Coat £630, shirt around waist, £290. jeans £325, all by Jacob Cohën — Left, coat £630, shirt around waist, £290. Right, jeans £325, all by Jacob Cohën

‘Neo' jeans, £155, Lignano jeans, underneath, £195, both by Weekend Max Mara at Matchesfashion.com

Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*, joining the team in 2022. Having previously been the digital features editor at AnOther and digital editor at 10 and 10 Men magazines, he has also contributed to titles including i-D, Dazed, 10 Magazine, Mr Porter’s The Journal and more, while also featuring in Dazed: 32 Years Confused: The Covers, published by Rizzoli. He is particularly interested in the moments when fashion intersects with other creative disciplines – notably art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and reporting from international fashion weeks. Across his career, he has interviewed the fashion industry’s leading figures, including Rick Owens, Pieter Mulier, Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Christian Lacroix, Kate Moss and Manolo Blahnik.