In the name of research, Vogue’s contributing shopping writer, Julia Storm, tried the best styles available now.

a. If you're particularly slim, you may be surprised to know you should go for slim-fit, not baggy jeans. Loose-cut jeans swamp you, and make you look even skinnier than you are. Your best bets ...

If you buy only one pair, I suggest the straight-legged ’90s Loose Jeans seen in Mya Gelber’s hunt for the perfect pair of dark-wash jeans. They’re long enough to cuff and comfortably ...

And even certain brands that sell “plus-size” jeans cut corners by working from the same patterns used for their straight sizes, with (often thin) designers not designing for curves ...

The best way to describe slacker jeans is bootcut, but not in that classically tight, early Noughties way. Rather, they’re ...

While palazzo, mom and boyfriend cut jeans once reigned supreme ... to a barrel and lend a chic laidback look when styled ...

Either way, the denim du jour veered more towards much more loose-fitting styles as ... material to look like denim skinny jeans—took the close-cut trend to dizzying new heights, cinching ...