yeah... these have been a vanguard in trend thing here in NYC for a bit now. wide-legged and a bit short as well. not omnipresent, but definitely more and more on the streets in more fashion-centric hoods.
but the skinny jeans/pants (not skin-tight) are still everywhere too
btw- the japanese selvedge you linked looked great, and great price too.
Thanks.
The baggy stuff looks terrible, for the most part.
I get where the trend comes from, some designer is sick of looking at skinny jeans. But the fact is, slimmer pant silhouettes are more flattering. Skin tight jeans can look silly, but these baggy things will look as dumb as chunky Balenciaga sneakers do in a few months.
Style, not fashion.
I ordered those persimmon beauties linked above. I was on the fence, but they were pretty unique, and as you said, that price....
There's a nice denim shop round the corner from you, Self Edge, and it's $400 for everything in there. I'm just not sure the quality is 5x my Uniqlo Selvedge, which I've had for 8 months, 1 wash, and totally love ($65).
There's a bit of fetish with these denim people, better to dip my toes in that pool, don't think I want to be in the deep end.
Shoes, in the other hand, save me a spot in the deep end. I may have shared these already, but oh baby:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZJqH3NHDY/?utm_medium=copy_link