Will 2019 Be The Year Low-Rise Jeans Make A Comeback?

But then, because fashion is fickle like that, in the blink of an eye, they were gone, and by 2005 – around the same time skinny jeans started to replace flared styles – our belly buttons were covered up once more.

High-waisted jeans have dominated since the mid-Noughties, but fast forward to September 2018 and Alexander McQueen is clearly trying to make low-rise trousers happen again, because they featured on its SS19 catwalk.

On Instagram, search the tag #lowrisejeans and it brings up nearly 3,500 hits – but to be fair, some of those are people hoping they’ll never return.

There are already some so-called low-rise jeans on sale in the shops, but they’re nowhere near as low as the pinnacle reached with the 2001 video for Spears’ I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman.

That’s not to say the uber-low style isn’t on the way, however.

With divisive trends, it always takes a while before people get used to the idea. But generally, where models lead, everyone else follows (see also: Tiny sunglasses; bum bags worn across your chest; and neon everything).