Social media has enabled trends to travel globally, meaning our quintessentially British houndstooth prints, sleeveless gilets and Burberry Nova checks can be spotted in all four corners of the world.
White jeans may be popular across all seven continents but they have a rich, storied history on our humble isles. Bar the ever-stylish Scandinavians, nobody does white jeans quite like us Brits. But this has not always been a positive thing. During the Noughties, white jeans became a Eurotrash staple, paired with slightly cropped baby tees, diamante-studded Dolce & Gabbana belts and botched platinum dye jobs. Chic? We think not.
