Brognano was not alone. Alessandro Michele incorporated lace-trimmed skinny jeans into Valentino’s fall 2026 collection. At Gucci, meanwhile, Demna used his first runway show for the Italian house to make an even more emphatic case for the silhouette, pairing low-slung skinny jeans with everything from crop tops to fur-trimmed jackets.
Celebrities are following suit. Laura Harrier stepped out during Milan Fashion Week in black Gucci skinny jeans with split cuffs, while Olivia Wilde wore low-rise white skinnies for the I Want Your Sex premiere in Los Angeles. Olivia Rodrigo has embraced the slightly less extreme version of the trend, wearing narrow black cigarette jeans with heels in London. And then there’s Victoria Beckham, who hardly needs convincing: The longtime skinny jean devotee returned to one of her signature silhouettes this summer in fitted white denim.
Still, the 2026 skinny jeans comeback isn’t a revival of the stretch-heavy jeggings that defined their last reign. The new denim wave includes a wider variety of styles, from true skinnies to cigarette and slim-straight cuts: jeans that follow the line of the leg without needing to cling to every inch of it. Rigid denim, cleaner washes, and high rises also make the silhouette feel more modern than its 2010s predecessor.
Whether you never stopped wearing skinny jeans or swore you’d never touch another pair, find the best skinny, cigarette, and slim-cut jeans to wear now, below.
