Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is no stranger to daring fashion trends – indeed, if anything, her thought process seems to be 'the more extreme, the better' at the moment. In the past few weeks alone, the 37-year-old model has stepped out in a super-sultry sheer black lingerie ensemble, worn head-to-toe netted mesh, and made a case for bringing back the most divisive of hosiery trends: fishnet tights.
Most recently, however, the model has turned her attentions away from all things naked dressing and put her weight behind the most controversial denim trend of the season instead.
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Sharing pictures on Instagram from a recent trip to the Spanish town of Sant Martí Vell with Tiffany & Co., Huntington-Whiteley posted a photo of herself wearing a particularly extreme pair of barrel leg jeans.
Also known as horseshoe jeans, the trending style features an exaggerated tapered leg with a slim ankle and ultra-baggy knee – and was originally seen on the Alaïa runway for AW23. The love-it-or-hate-it style has been slowly making its way into the mainstream ever since, but we have no doubt that Huntington-Whiteley's stamp of approval will help catapult barrel-leg jeans to even higher heights.
Huntington-Whiteley styled her dark blue pair – that are most likely a design by Alaïa – with a white high-neck, sleeveless knitted vest, black-and-white dalmatian-print heels, two chunky gold Tiffany & Co. cuffs and a boho-esque string necklace.
If you're tempted to try the model's edgy-casual and bang-on-trend look for yourself, these are the best barrel leg jeans to shop now:
Alaïa High-Rise Barrel-Leg Jeans
Ganni Dark Blue Stary Jeans
H&M Barrel High Jeans
Citizens of Humanity Horseshoe Wide-Leg Jeans
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Clementina Jackson is Acting Site Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, working across news and features, trends, e-commerce and SEO. She was previously Fashion Editor at Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health, and Acting Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, where she was named as a PPA 30 Under 30 award winner for her work on size inclusivity. An experienced fashion, travel and luxury lifestyle journalist, Clementina has also written for Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveller, Tatler, Red and Italy Segreta.
