Gigi Hadid Wore $423 Convertible Jeans and Truly Pulled Them Off
By Maggie Burch. Photos: Courtesy of Instagram.
2017 has proven itself as the year for denim to get seriously creative. We've seen jeans with clear plastic knees, a pair with a rear zipper that literally lets you show off your bare butt, and a slew of modern statement jeans featuring denim bows, jewel embellishments, and paint splatter. Something we haven't seen too much of yet? Convertible jeans that turn into booty shorts. But if anyone is going to bring them onto our radar, it's Gigi Hadid.
Gigi wore these $423 light-wash, high-waisted jeans from Y/Project that actually button off into super-short booty shorts. We were a little skeptical about the concept at first, but after looking at photos of Gigi from several angles, we’re more and more sold on the concept. The “pant” of the jeans hang off the attaching buttons in front and back with a high-cut seam on the hips that gives them a sort of chaps-like look, but leaves a sliver of upper thigh showing. Read: these are not your uncle's zip-off hiking pants.
It doesn't seem like yesterday's warm weather in NYC didn't drive Gigi to ditch the long pants and switch over to her shorts, but we're definitely going to keep an eye out for her to wear them solo another time. The hem of the shorts—high on the hips with more coverage in the back—is a fun twist on typical denim cutoffs.
Considering how much of a trendsetter Gigi has proven herself to be—and how well she actually pulls these jeans off—don't be surprised if you see similar jeans styles popping up in more affordable stores in the near future.
This story originally appeared on Glamour.
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