Elevated Jackets, Coordinates Lead Pre-Fall 2024 Denim Trends
The denim in Pre-Fall 2024 collections is highlighting the fabric’s versatility.
Valentino, Versace and Nili Lotan are among the designers keeping loose and slouchy jeans in style. Valentino opted for rich indigo shades for its jeans, while Versace and Nili Lotan chose soft, worn-in washes.
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Other designers found inspiration from past decades. Roberto Cavalli channeled the ’70s with dark flare jeans. Diesel carried on with its Y2K revival, serving up logo moto jackets, skirts layered over jeans and minidresses. Balmain also leaned into moto details with men’s skinny jeans embellished with stitching and zippers. It’s women’s assortment was more tropical with palm tree-printed jeans and cutoff shorts.
A staple for the transitional season, jean jackets get spruced up with extra details. Isabel Marant serves her signature ‘French cool girl’ vibe with a jacket featuring quilting, toggle closures and a worn-in wash. Soft ties cinch the sleeves of Off-White’s long jacket and color-contrasting collars lighten up R13’s long jean jackets. Meanwhile, Aknvas goes short for pre-fall with a cropped mid-tone jacket.
Moschino plays with varsity silhouettes with a men’s jean jacket with a ribbed collar and cuffs. The jacket coordinates with pleated baggy jeans and a large tote bag. The Italian brand adds long denim fringe to the sleeves of its women’s jean jacket.
Jackets play a key role in the season’s coordinates. A denim print blazer matches Cinq A Sept’s mini skirts and dresses in the same print. The brand pairs a raw denim jacket with a front-slit pencil skirt. 3.1 Phillip Lim deconstructed denim blazer pairs with a denim wrap skirt. Huishan Zhang’s long denim jacket drapes over a coordinating belted dress.
