Low-Rise Jeans

The jean that required you to either never sit down or accept that the entire room would see your underwear. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and the entire cast of Laguna Beach made hip-hugging denim the uniform of the early 2000s. Fashion houses tried to revive them in 2022 and Gen Z collectively said "absolutely not." The low-rise era weaponized body insecurity in ways we're still unpacking — turns out, fashion shouldn't require you to stop eating bread.