Here’s the thing: in the mid-2020s, it’s impossible to point to a single dominant denim trend. Where we once might have all worn broadly the same silhouette around the same time (see: 2013, when everyone wore skinny jeans), these days it’s a lot more “anything goes.” Step into Vogue HQ, for instance, and you’ll clock everything from ripped Levi’s 501s to mega-baggy embellished denim to barrel-leg jeans (though, as someone who barely scrapes 5’1, you’ll never catch me in the latter).
Vogue’s Favoite ’90s Jeans:
Even so, over the past few seasons, there’s been a renewed interest in ’90s styles, specifically. From the sort of classic straight-leg jeans seen on the likes of Princess Diana and Julia Roberts, to the cropped bootcuts favored by Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, ’90s denim fever is upon us (some might say it never left). To that end, here are the jeans from the ’90s we’ll be wearing again in 2026, as winter finally turns to spring.
Cigarette Jeans
These are a personal favorite. Can you really go wrong with a pair of rigid straight-leg jeans, à la Julia in 1998? Cigarette jeans–named after the obvious–are having a real street-style moment right now, with everyone from Dakota Johnson to Alexa Chung and Lily-Rose Depp repping the style.
