Every so often, someone at work, or someone on TikTok brandishing a tiny microphone, tells me that skinny jeans are “so back”. Whenever I hear this, my eyes glaze over. I’m not wearing them, okay? I don’t care if everyone’s scouring Vinted for old Kate Moss for Topshop .
With all of that said, there is one denim trend I will be partaking in this Spring, and it’s not too far removed from the skinny jean. I’m talking about the skinny bootcut , which everyone from Bella Hadid to the off-duty models of fashion month have been co-signing as of late. The skinny bootcut – tight with a slight kick flare at the end, often low-rise but not always – has all the benefits of a skinny jean (they show off your boots, look great on the bum) but they’re so much cuter.
As a person of short stature, skinny jeans tend to make me look even shorter, whereas skinny bootcuts somehow make the whole outfit more compact. I feel like a tall person, but miniature (fellow short people, you’ll know what I’m talking about). And taller people: well, you look good in anything.
Aside from the jeans popping up on the street-style circuit with increasing regularity, we’ve also seen the silhouette edge its way onto runways this past season. See: Alex Consani in those skinny flares at the Dsquared2 autumn/winter 2025 show, or the itty bitty bootcuts in Acne Studios , Chloé and Coperni ’s autumn/winter 2025 collections. Though I’ve always been a staunch proponent of baggier styles (a.