FASHION
Here’s How to Keep Your White Jeans Looking Perfect Forever
AUGUST 10, 2015 6:35 PM
by TRACE BARNHILL
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Photo: Courtesy of Industry Standard
White denim’s great—it’s light, it’s seasonless, and it instantly elevates any ensemble with its minimalist gleam. The perfect pair of slim white jeans can take you anywhere, and do it chicly. The only downside? White denim will also show you everywhere it’s been.
Toward the end of the day, your white denim provides a clearer account of your itinerary than your Google Calendar—there’s a slosh of coffee from bumping through a crowded morning café, a smear of aioli dropped from an overloaded truffle fry at lunch, a ring of muddy water around the leg opening from misjudging a puddle on your way out, and a rear that’s just a little bit dingy from sitting in three different taxis that day. It can be frustrating, embarrassing, and almost enough to switch back to all-black everything. Don’t you do it! We’ve got just the thing.