Spring/Summer 2025 Men’s Denim Report
The Spring/Summer 2025 collections presented at men’s fashion weeks reveal signs of more playful and decorated denim ahead.
While brands like Ami, Jacob Cohen and Nili Lotan kept it versatile and classic with monochromatic double denim looks, clean washes and timeless silhouettes, numerous other labels were reaching for extremes.
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Attention was being paid to the waist and hem of jeans.
Belts—a big story in Resort 2025 collections—popped up again in numbers. Lemaire added belts with chains to its raw denim jeans. Metal ornaments and thin belts with chains decorated the sides of Amiri’s retro blue jeans.
3.Paradis showed a pair of jeans with six waistbands—each one cinched with a logo belt. Awge, a creative agency founded by A$AP Rocky, made its Paris debut and also showed jeans with stacked waistbands. Feng Chen Wang showed gray denim with double waistbands.
Deep cuffs were a recurring theme in Sacai’s collection of wide-leg jeans. In his debut for Valentino, Alessandro Michele focused on hems by applying ribbon-like bands of retro prints to the bottom of straight jeans.
In general, jeans were decorated and a focal point of looks.
French-Canadian label 3.Paradis used a variety of prints, from Y2K flip phones to ethereal white doves, to decorate its denim pieces. The brand also played with layers by adding a panel of sequin mesh to the fronts of jeans. Other jeans gave the effect of peeling off from other denim garments.
Designers put their stamp on jeans by adding prints and other forms of decoration. Dhruv Kapoor printed denim jackets and jeans with red bunnies. Bluemarble added beaded work and zipper details to the legs of jeans. Floral appliques framed Emporio Armani’s gray jean jacket. Clear coating gave Jordanluca’s denim a plastic appearance.
Trend-driven washes added interest to jeans. Auralee showed denim coordinates with cloudy bleached indigo washes. Egonlab opted for a yellow tint on bleached jeans, and etched plaid on another pair with laser. Jeanne Friot bleached the seams of indigo jeans, jackets and skirt, giving the pieces an outlined effect.
Acne Studios continued to experiment with extreme washes, this time emphasizing the creases on the top block of jeans. Bianca Saunders offered a cleaner approach to contrasting crease marks baggy jeans and Canadian tuxedos.
Denim suiting continued to trend with designers like Junya Watanabe presenting several patchwork and deconstructed denim suits styled with bowties.
Volume remained prevalent in collections. However, the baggy and loose fits were enhanced with moto stitching, twisted seams, paneling and other details that pushed the bottoms beyond basics.
Dhruv Kapoor, Awge and Solid Homme also kept jean shorts in the spotlight with looser fits, pleated details and distressing. Loewe showed vinyl jean shorts
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