The 5 Must-Have Denim Trends for Fall 2025

When it comes to denim, “best” is highly subjective. Trends wax and wane with alarming frequency, waistlines rise and fall like the tides, and the range of fits seen on the racks in one season can go from skintight to palazzo-pant-level loose. Right now, however, designers are bucking the tendency to avoid extremes. Quiet luxury isn’t a factor for fall—denim from Levi’s to Lanvin is testing the limits of what it means to be a pair of jeans. Take the latter brand’s pleated denim, or the former’s bell-shaped XL baggy slacks, which come with a tie at the waist.

Of course, classics are not off the menu by any means—these are blue jeans we’re talking about, the epitome of a signature. We’re loving bootcut styles from Abercrombie just as much as the higher-priced versions from Celine and Isabel Marant. Straight-leg has proven a mainstay, and Prada and The Row’s styles epitomize why this silhouette will always be an ideal. When it comes to an off-duty denim look, unusual and surreal shapes are finally hitting the jeans market, after making stops on couture and ready-to-wear runways. Now, this trend is manifesting in horseshoe pants by Alaïa and Forme. For more of our favorite jeans of the moment, keep scrolling:

The Straight-and-Narrow

If you’re looking to wade back into skinny jean territory, we implore you, just start here for now.

A Slight Flare

On the other hand, if it’s the flare resurgence you seek, ease your way in with a pair of boot-cut jeans.

Neat Pleat

Take your slacks up a notch with this teeny tailoring detail: a stitch that makes all the difference.

Room to Breathe

Big, baggy styles were all over the fall 2025 runways (and, of late, in the streets of lower Manhattan), signifying a return to even more ’90s jeans styles. But these garments are far from old-school.

New Shapes

Horseshoe, barrel leg, über-XL styles—whatever your flavor, this season has a silhouette for you.