It Always Comes Back to Your Jeans

I know I talk about jeans, a lot, but there is a good reason for that. No matter what the style, trend, or brewing potion of next seasons must haves—jeans are where it’s at. Let’s get real; even the stars are starting to don denim on the red carpet. Eva Mendes pulled off Diane von Furstenberg wide-leg jeans at a recent gala.

With denim crossing the line from casual only to “you can wear me to a five-star restaurant if you dress me up right”, if you don’t already have a few rockin’ pairs in your wardrobe—there is no time like the present to make that leap.


A long way from her The Addams Family days, Christina Ricci (5’1”) in straight-leg jeans and pointy-toe heels knows how to elongate her petite frame.

Get Christina's Jeans: J.Crew, jcrew.com, $88

My personal favorite cut for jeans are boot cut. Boot cut jeans offer the sleek line of straight-leg jeans with a little more play at the bottom to balance out wider hips and thighs, or shirts that hit above low waist.