You think you’ve seen double denim—the “Canadian tuxedo” of jeans and a denim jacket—but you haven’t really seen double denim until you’ve seen jeans on jeans. Apparently, the new trend for fall is to wear jeans like Steve Bannon wears shirts: in absurd layers. This $700 pair by Natasha Zinko is already sold out, Slate’s Laura Bennett pointed out this week:
In an age of weird jeans, these are quite simply the weirdest jeans I have ever seen https://t.co/DSypOAr9Mm pic.twitter.com/v48EWBALAS
— Laura Bennett (@lbennett) September 14, 2017
This is one pair of high-waisted jeans seemingly formed from two pairs of normal jeans. It’s bizarre, and of a piece with contemporary trends like The Weird Sleeve. And lest you think this is the only pair of jeans-on-jeans making the rounds right now, here are some more examples:
https://twitter.com/socarolinesays/status/908422494364864513
That's because you never saw… these 😲 pic.twitter.com/10UgNgOeN6
— Margaret H🌻 (@curtainqueen) September 14, 2017
omg margiela did a pair like this that were a hybrid of black trousers and jeans- they're one thousand dollars of BIZARRE pic.twitter.com/DZfl2aBM2P
— yash wants you to extend josh naylor (@yashwinacanter) September 14, 2017
“What is happening?” women who wear clothes want to know.
what is happening
— Alexandra Adams ✨ (@alexandra_adams) September 14, 2017
I am confused and upset
— Katy Waldman (@xwaldie) September 14, 2017
Is this Rihanna’s fault?
this one thing that not even Rihanna can make right. pic.twitter.com/WIQlK5lXI0
— Rachael Sullivan (@rachaelsullivan) September 14, 2017
In a time when nothing seems to make sense, why should pants have any logic to them? Whatever is happening, it’s clear that ubiquitous flannel and pumpkin spice are the least of our problems this fall: it is the season of double double jeans jeans.
Don’t worry. It could always be worse. Those clear-knee mom jeans from Topshop could have caught on.
Actually, it’s a tough call! pic.twitter.com/prjpTj3JiI
— Kristine Garina (@KristineGarina) September 14, 2017