Y2K looks aren’t going anywhere in 2024 – at least if trend-setting A-listers like Kim Kardashian have anything to say about it!
Baggy and super-wide-leg jeans had a real moment in 2023, with style mavens like Sydney Sweeney and Hailey Bieber, among others, pairing them with cropped T-shirts and cropped tank tops. Anything that flaunted their sculpted abs, basically. But now it looks like strapless bandeau tops might be the newest way to style them – as per Kim Kardashian’s recent look – and we are obsessed!
Let’s take a look at the Skims founder’s latest wide-leg jeans and strapless bandeau top ensemble, and also revisit some of the other ways our favorite A-listers have been wearing their wide-leg, baggy jeans over the past year. Could the bandeau overtake the cropped top as the number one piece to wear with baggy jeans? Only time will tell!
Kim Kardashian
On January 10th, the 43-year-old Skkn by Kim founder took to her Instagram Story to share a picture of herself posing in some ultra-stylish Carhartt Vintage double-knee jeans, which she paired with a black Balenciaga bandeau top to really accentuate her teeny tiny waist.
The mom-of-four accessorized with a sleek black Hermès mini Kelly bag and a Pharrell Williams Casio G-Shock x Bape DW-6900 watch. Her hair was worn in a pulled back, undistracting updo, and she appeared to have a full face of glam on.
Kim and the rest of the style mavens know that juxtaposing oversized pieces (the jeans, in this instance) with tighter, figure-hugging pieces guarantees that your figure doesn't get lost in the fabric. Kim's waist couldn't have looked any smaller when she stepped out in the same Carhartt Vintage jeans and Balenciaga bandeau top combo back in September, so this proves that the styling hack works!
On that occasion, Kim added a pair of dark sunglasses, and swapped her Hermès Kelly with a Chanel black patent leather small travel vanity tote bag, once again confirming that her handbag collection is to-die-for!
Sydney Sweeney
In the summer, the 26-year-old Anyone But You actress flaunted her tiny waist in a pair of Madewell x Molly Dickson low-rise baggy wide-leg jeans, which she teamed with a simple yet ab-baring Madewell x Molly Dickson cropped tank top.
She finished the look off with some white platform sandals and a yellow Jimmy Choo top handle bag, to add a splash of color to the summer ensemble.
Hailey Bieber
White tanks weren't the only way to wear baggy jeans in 2023. As much as we are obsessed with this risqué pairing, we also loved to see cropped white T-shirts come into the sartorial equation too.
Back in July, Hailey Bieber was papped on her way to a meeting in West Hollywood wearing some baggy blue jeans and the super-versatile Leset Kelly cropped slim fit T-shirt, which she has worn on several occasions. She styled the jeans with a Miu Miu belt (another great trick to accentuate or draw attention to your waist when wearing baggier pieces) as well as a black Saint Laurent Le 5 a 7 bag, black Jil Sander loafers, and black Vogue sunglasses.
