She’s Come Undone

She’s Come Undone (on Purpose)

The jeans of the young and stylish are unzipped, unbuttoned and unbothered. Why?

By Shane O’Neill

Published Sept. 16, 2022Updated Sept. 21, 2022

Prisha Jain, a student at New York University. Credit…Gabby Jones for The New York Times

If you see a young person strolling down the street, pants undone, it’s probably not an “examine your zipper” situation.

Once the province of your uncle after Thanksgiving dinner or a practical adaptation to a pregnant belly, sporting unbuttoned jeans has become a fashion statement.

“The zipper did fall a little bit, but my pants didn’t fall off,” Katie Pettit said of a pair of Levi’s that a stylist recommended she wear unbuttoned and folded down.Credit…Gabby Jones for The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/style/shes-come-undone-on-purpose.html

Dedicated to Kevin Spraggett