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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell Deputy fashion and lifestyle editor

Baggy, skinny … or neither? Why ‘Goldilocks’ jeans are having a moment

A model wearing Levi's 501 jeans and a matching denim skirt sits on a stool
Jean therapy … Levi’s 501s have been around for more than 150 years. Photograph: Levi's

When it comes to fashion power struggles, there is no greater battle than the one between baggy and skinny jeans. But now a new style is emerging, or is it an old one?

Goldilocks jeans – ie straight cut – have made a comeback. Think Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor, rather than Jeremy Clarkson’s bootcut Top Gear era or an indie band’s painted-on pip-squeezers.

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