Upgrade your jeans

If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.

- NAMRATA ZAKARIA

November is when I pull out the three pairs of jeans I own, and I can’t wait to put on my flattering, lengthening, goes-with-everything denims.

Denim trends are controversial, they come and go so often no one seems to care. Some days we are told to wear skinny jeans, other days we must wear cropped jeans and some days we must wear our boyfriend’s jeans. All of these make ordinary folk wear anything at all, and just buck the trend altogether.

I think in nearly 25 years of writing on fashion, I have never seen such an amazing comeback of denim like it is enjoying this year. Denim twill, this season, isn’t just relegated to jeans and jackets any more. It is hugely borrowing from styles of couture and turning into an investment piece with high-quality tailoring and elegant styles.