White Jeans In Winter

Though we’ve come a long way from very strict style rules, menswear still has its fair share of faux pas. Some are relatively minor sins that are simply fixed: socks with sandals, forgetting to match your leathers, or having too much break at your trouser hem. Others, however, are pretty glaring: things like wearing clothes that clearly don’t fit you (unintentionally – we’re not talking oversizing) or, you know, wearing crocs.

But then there are the faux pas that aren’t really faux pas at all. We’ve touched on a few elsewhere but here we’re addressing one style sin we’re unashamed to admit we’ve been committing the last couple of months – wearing white jeans in winter. Now, of course there will be the odd detractor out there (no white after Labour Day etc.) but given white jeans’ versatility during the summer, shouldn’t we be looking to carry this through to autumn/winter too?

White jeans offer that rare degree of versatility, matched only by wardrobe staples like black formal shoes and the navy overcoat. They are incredibly easy to pair with any colour or pattern due to their neutrality. They also happen to be one of the few trouser styles that can look smart and rugged at the same time, largely thanks to being both white and made from denim. Yes, there are the obvious practical concerns for the clumsier of us style-conscious men, but you’ll just have to remember to reach for a napkin when tucking into that burrito.

Before we delve into the array of looks you can build with white jeans during the winter, it’s time for a quick word on denim, specifically fit.

A Brief Note On Fit

The ideal fit for a pair of white denim jeans is slim to skinny. You want them to create clean lines that follow your frame so avoid full-cut, loose-fitting denim as it’s ugly most of the time, but especially so when rendered in white.