How To Style Boyfriend Jeans (Outfit Ideas) - ThreadCurve

Skip to content Contents show 1 A Quick History of Jeans 1.1 Would you like to save this? 1.2 Modern Jeans 2 What Are Boyfriend Jeans? 2.1 How They Should Fit 3 Types of Boyfriend Jeans 3.1 Relaxed 3.2 Skinny 3.3 Slim 3.4 Slouchy 3.5 Straight Leg 4 50 Shades of Denim 4.1 Dark Wash 4.2 Mid Wash 4.3 Light Wash 5 Boyfriend Jeans Outfit Ideas 5.1 Autumn Chic 5.2 Bohemian 5.3 Classic Casual 5.4 Eleganty Underdressed 5.5 Edgy 5.6 Evening Appeal 5.7 Everyday Style 5.8 Fall Comfort 5.9 Glamorous 5.10 Retro 5.11 Sexy Casual 5.12 Summery Sexy 6 FAQs 6.1 Can jeans be business casual? 6.2 Where can’t you wear jeans? 6.3 How do jeans fade? 6.4 How should boyfriend jeans fit? 6.5 How should you wash your boyfriend jeans? 6.6 How should your boyfriend jeans be stored? 6.7 Why is blue the classic color for jeans? 6.8 How loose should boyfriend jeans be? 6.9 What shoes do you wear with boyfriend jeans?

Boyfriend jeans are comfortable, they look good and they work well on all sorts of different bodies. And despite the name, boyfriend jeans happen to be a big favorite among women. Icons like Marilyn Monroe wore them well. But do you know how to do the same? Learn how to style boyfriend jeans using different outfit ideas to really showcase the best of what these jeans can do. You will end up loving the results. If you’ve been looking for jeans that are comfortable, stylish and easy to wear with all kinds of different fashion, stop looking. Boyfriend jeans are the perfect answer.

FYI, thanks to AI imagery software, we’re able to create very specific fashion and hairstyle examples to illustrate the points being made. In some cases, imagery is exaggerated to hammer home the point.

A Quick History of Jeans

The invention of jeans was a bit of a collaborative effort. A tailor named Jacob Davis was working in his shop when the wife of a local miner came in and told Davis that his pants weren’t good enough. Her husband wore them out too quickly. Davis needed to make some stronger pants. 

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He took her suggestions to heart and began experimenting with designs and fabrics, ultimately settling on a tough cloth he purchased from a store owner named Levi Strauss. You can probably guess what happened next. Together, the two men came up with the classic look of blue jeans, choosing the material and choosing to add the little copper rivets that add so much strength to the design at high-tension areas. In 1873, the two took out a patent for their blue jeans. They were making fashion history. From a simple style, blue jeans would become an icon of fashion that everyone absolutely loves to wear.

Modern Jeans

From these early beginnings, of course, jeans spread throughout the U.S. and all over the world. Strauss and Davis began making their strong work pants with cotton denim dyed blue, creating the traditional look that jeans still have to this day. 

Jeans became popular among workers with tough jobs, like that first miner with the frustrated wife. But soon, people began wearing jeans as more everyday wear. When the Hollywood icons of the 1950s began wearing them, blue jeans were cemented into style history. Once James Dean wore blue jeans, they were the height of style. Suddenly, jeans were no longer workwear. They were sexy style. It was the beginning of an outfit idea and the start of jeans as a true fashion option.

Blue jeans have been a part of popular fashion and high fashion ever since. 

What Are Boyfriend Jeans?

None other than Marilyn Monroe herself is credited with popularizing the boyfriend jeans style. She wore a loose-fitting pair of blue jeans in 1960s. The slouchy, baggy look became the standard for blue jeans styles of the day. This was the fit of choice until skinny jeans totally changed the blue jeans game.

Boyfriend jeans are characterized by their somewhat boxy and slightly baggy appearance. They do not hug or cling to the body but they do fit the body, following the lines and curves closely if not tightly. They sit at a mid-low level on the waist, below the belly button but above the hips. Boyfriend jeans are named because they are somewhat baggy and loose on women, as if the woman is not wearing her own pants but a man’s. 

Though often compared to another popular style, the mom jean, boyfriend jean designs differ in the way they fit and where they sit on the body. Mom jean styles typically sit high on the waist. Boyfriend jeans do not. Mom jeans looks are also looser in the legs than the more tapered boyfriend jean style. However, they are less tapered in the leg than the skinny jean designs that are made to cling to the curves of the body. High waisted boyfriend jeans are usually more like mom jean styles than they are like boyfriend jean designs.

Boyfriend jeans, sometimes listed as bf jeans in online stores, have inspired a similar style: girlfriend jeans. These jeans are a little less boxy and a little less baggy than boyfriend jean styles.

How They Should Fit

Because they’re supposed to be somewhat baggy, it can be difficult to find boyfriend jeans that fit the right way. To get the right fit, look for boyfriend jeans that are fitted in the waist and hips. Here, the jeans should fit right against your skin but not tight enough to squeeze your body. The fit should be just enough to sit on your body without gaping, but not tight enough to bite into the skin. Boyfriend jeans also have a bit of a cropped appearance, ending slightly above the ankles. Some styles are made to be longer so that you can cuff the ends of the jeans up and shorten them to above ankle length.

Cuffed boyfriend jeans create a classic look that harkens back to the style that Marilyn Monroe so famously wore. The cropped length makes it easy to wear ankle boot and other high shoe styles with boyfriend jeans. High tops are an option with this jean.

Types of Boyfriend Jeans

Boyfriend jeans, like many types of jeans, are available in different fit styles. Choose the type of fit based on your own natural body type. Boyfriend jeans can be flattering on all shapes, as long as you choose the right type of boyfriend jeans and wear a pair that fits you well. 

Relaxed

Relaxed fit boyfriend jeans are a little bit looser, which is great for curvier body types. This relaxed cut will fit comfortably and feel good and still show your curves but in a way that’s flattering. 

Skinny

If you’re a more petite or slender shape, skinny boyfriend jeans are a good choice for you. This style of jeans will fit close to the legs and fit snugly. This creates a sleek silhouette that helps to show the lines of your body. Baggier, looser cuts of jeans can make you look heavy or make you look swamped by your own clothing. Skinny jeans will fit closely and show off your natural shape.

Slim

If you have a curvier body with wider hips, such as an hourglass or a pear shape, opt for a slim fit boyfriend jean style. This style will gently hug your curves and show off your shape, rather than hiding it. A curvy body can end up being hidden by clothing, which makes your outfits look ill-fitting. Slim-cut jeans will gently hug and display your curves well. Excess fabric will make you look heavier than you are. These flattering jeans will show that you have nothing but sexy curves.

Slouchy

Do you have a more athletic or rectangular body shape? Slouchy boyfriend jeans will fit well on your body. This fit is slightly loose in the thighs and just a little fitted through the legs. It’s a comfortable, somewhat relaxed fit but it still fits close enough to the natural lines of your body so that you don’t look heavy or overwhelmed by your clothes. 

Straight Leg

Straight leg styles are designed to fit around the hips and then fall in a straight line all the way down the legs. This is a good style to wear if you have thicker legs. If you don’t like the way your legs look in skinny jeans, straight leg boyfriend jeans will sit you well. 

50 Shades of Denim

Blue jeans are actually not always blue. They are also made in a huge variety of different washes, meaning that the jeans can have a much stronger or much lighter blue color based on the wash it has. Some blue jeans look almost faded, while others are a bright blue. You can get jeans in all shades of blue and all other color shades, too. And frankly, it can all be pretty confusing when it comes to putting together different outfit ideas.

Which jeans wash should you be wearing? Get to know more about the most popular jeans washes and which colors and styles work with them the best. Once you know which washes you should be wearing with which colors, you’ll find it much easier to style great-looking outfits.

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