A Twisted Experiment From the Modern Inventor of Jeans
The world’s most famous jeans just got twisted. Levi’s Twisted Denim jeans take the familiar form of loose denim pant and warps it into a self-belting piece of asymmetric paneled legwear.
The result isn’t overly exaggerated or loud. Instead, it’s surprisingly subtle, sculptural, and more than a little Lemaire-coded. Or is it?
Levi’s has been contorting the seams of pants since 1999 with its short-lived Engineered line. Back then, the twisted seams and darted yokes marked a new frontier in denim experimentation, leading into the similarly short-lived and forward-looking Levi's Red line.
Lemaire has since turned its own curved denim into a cornerstone of its seasonal offerings while Alaïa sells $1,400 sculptural jeans that bend forward like art. And the range of warped trousers just keeps expanding.
You can find labels as disparate as JW Anderson, helmed by one of fashion's most vital designers child, to climbing-pant label Gramicci all trying out this twisted trick.
Denim has been through every trend cycle imaginable: wide, straight, skinny, stacked, cargo… you name it. The twisted seam brings something different to those trends that came before, it’s a change of form that reshapes how jeans move and how they hang.
Levi’s Twisted Denim carries that same intention.
These jeans twist naturally around the leg, the built-in belt only streamlining the shapes further, while the silhouettes span from the intentionally oversized to cropped capris, all with varying shades and weights of denim.
The accompanying overshirt and trucker jacket reinterpret the formula, translating the meandering seams and back pocket paneling of the jeans onto outerwear.
Available over at Levi’s website, prices starting at $98, the collection shows just how a small twist can make a big deal.
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