# Low-Rise Jeans Are Back, and the Styling Rules Have Changed > Low-rise denim is making its way back onto runways and red carpets, but the version worth trying isn't a straight rerun of the early 2000s. Here's what's actually changed about how to wear it. - Source: Style - Canonical URL: https://style.eu.com/article/low-rise-jeans-comeback-how-to-style - Author: Style Newsroom - Section: Trends - Published: 2026-10-22T10:57:53.311Z - Updated: 2026-10-22T10:57:53.311Z - Tags: Low-Rise Jeans, Denim Trends, Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner --- Low-rise jeans spent most of the past decade in exile, pushed out by a high-waisted standard that felt almost mandatory. They're making their way back regardless, with Chanel and Gucci both sending lower waistlines down recent runways, and the return comes with an unspoken asterisk: this isn't a straight rerun of the early 2000s. The silhouette's first life belonged to Paris Hilton and Kate Moss, who turned low-rise into a defining look of that era almost on their own. Its second life looks different, carried now by Zoë Kravitz and Kendall Jenner, and formalized a bit further by Hailey Bieber's low-rise denim collaboration with Gap, proof the style has moved from nostalgia act to something brands are willing to build a collection around. The actual argument for trying it again isn't really about nostalgia at all. Done with any care, low-rise can work on more body types than its Y2K reputation suggests. The fit just has to be right, and the top on top of it matters more than people expect. Treating the whole look like it only works with a crop top is where most of the skepticism comes from, and it's also the easiest part to fix. What's actually changed is the range of ways to style it. A fitted top keeps the proportions clean and close to the original look, but an oversized sweater or jacket dropped over low-rise denim creates its own kind of balance, and a structured, corset-style top does something else again, adding shape exactly where the jean isn't providing any. None of those require starting from scratch. It's closer to picking the version of the trend that matches whatever's already in the closet. The larger point holds regardless of which direction someone takes it: low-rise isn't really a trend to copy outright so much as a silhouette to adjust until it fits the person wearing it, which was arguably the whole appeal the first time around too. --- Originally published by Style. Free to cite with attribution and a link to https://style.eu.com/article/low-rise-jeans-comeback-how-to-style.