Ah, light-wash denim, another trend that hits this spring/summer season. Actually, it’s not so much a trend than what comes naturally when the weather heats up. If you recall, light-washed, bleached out jeans were a hit last summer. Folks just want to lighten up to beat the heat. Unlike last year’s affinity towards bell-bottoms and flare jeans, this summer, no particular denim cut in a light wash has stuck out so far.
From Who What Wear Daily:
Source: Who What Wear Daily.
In the solar system of fashion trends, if hemlines and silhouettes act like Jupiter and Saturn, denim is more like Mercury. To explain our odd astronomy reference, we simply mean that while the former orbits around the sun—er, progresses—at a stately pace, jean styles move super swiftly. Happily, you don’t have to understand Kepler’s laws of planetary motion to appreciate the current light-wash denim craze. Just observe how famous stylesetters like Rihanna and Rachel Zoe are wearing these pale pairs and comprehension shall be yours!
Though fashionable celebrities are often responsible for directing denim fads (cough: boyfriend jeans), today’s Trend Report has a great deal of runway support as well. Balmain created a few notoriously expensive options, which have received loads of press, but the light-wash pieces shown by brands like Diesel and William Rast are equally on-trend and not as silly-expensive. At the Diesel Black Gold show, a paint-on-denim pair was styled with sandals, a Muslin Tux Shirt ($350, 212.625.1555), and a simple gray Bonis Blazer ($400), while at William Rast, pale jeans appeared with a tucked-in chambray shirt and an equally bleached-out vest. Diesel created the aforementioned style solely for the runway collection, but try their Wenga Jeans ($300, 212.755.3555) for a similar effect. If you prefer the William Rast look, just pick up the brand’s Sadie Jeans ($220) in Snowstorm and couple it with a Chambray Western Shirt ($113).
– Kathy Ng Hassan
