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2009 Jeans Trend: Boyfriend Jeans

This is one 2009 fashion trend that I'm still really hesitant about. And to clear from the outset I'm not hesitant as to whether or not the boyfriend denim jeans trend is going to be popular, it is. Rather, I'm more hesitant as to whether people are going to get it right or not.

Katie Holmes certainly hasn't.

2009 boyfriend jeans fashion trend

But it was on Katie Holmes that the look first became obvious to me. There she was, leaving rehearsals for yet another attempt at a post-marriage career, wearing denim jeans so oversized she had to turn them up at the bottom.

"It looks like she's wearing Tom Curise's jeans," thought I.

And so 'boyfriend jeans' was coined. 'Couch-jumping husband jeans' simply didn't have the same ring.

The trouble is that Katie Holmes's look is a terrible one. They're so oversized she simply seems swamped by them; and her insistence on wearing a pair with enough gashes and patches to qualify them for 2009's ripped jeans trend simply means too much is going on.

But just because Holmes has got them wrong, doesn't mean you have to as well. After all, there have been times when the actress has got it right; and she's not alone. Consider both Reese Witherspoon and Rachel Bilson in the above photos - they're channelling the trend, but not with the same homeless-finesse of Katie Holmes.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/posh_boyfriend_jeans_50.jpgVictoria Beckham wears Prps Boyfriend Jeans

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/LindsayLohanBoyfriendJeans.jpgLindsay Lohan wears the Boyfriend Jeans Trend

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/Dieselboyfriendjeansshorts.jpgDiesel denim boyfriend shorts

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/dknyboyfriendjeanst.jpgDKNY boyfriend jeans

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/siennamillerboyfriendjeans.jpgSienna Miller in Twenty8Twelve boyfriend pant

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/katieholmesboyfriendjeans.jpgKatie Holmes rolled-up baggy jeans... again

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/JenniferAnistonFashion.jpgJennifer Aniston in boyfriend jeans

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/fashionising/april77boyfriendjeans.jpgApril 77 boyfriend jeans

How To Wear The Boyfriend Jeans Trend

There are a few simple rules to follow, and some even simpler choices to make:

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First Written: 22nd August 2008 at 16.22

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Blog Post Written By Daniel P Dykes
Traditionalist and futurist are two of the labels applied to Daniel, but he's in on the joke. When it comes to fashion he's a futurist, keeping a look out for new trends and designers, and using Fashionising.com as a driving force for change in the fashion world. He's a traditionalist with most everything else, but that's the Brit in him. He says: Boots for men are severely underrated. We say: It's easy to say that when you're part of the polo set.
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