Staying high: Why are Indians fixated on high-rise fashion?

Updated On: 14 September, 2022 01:01 PM IST | Mumbai | Sarasvati T

High-waisted pants are dominating the Indian clothing markets and are one of the most preferred types of bottom wear. Fashion enthusiasts tell us why the trend is here to stay and share tips for styling them correctly

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Diya Lulla and Bianca Arora (right) in high-wasited wide-leg jeans. Image courtesy: Arora and Lulla

What used to be a fad in the western world of the 1970s and 80s, high-rise fashion is now an obsession among the GenZs, who have embraced the style with much enthusiasm to add their own experimental layers to the ever-growing trend. It’s no more restricted to high-waisted skinny denims or the popular mom-jeans of the 20^th century.

While the hip-hop influences of baggy and saggy trousers continue to be in vogue, experiments with the high-rise silhouette to blend the two are driving fashion fads these days. Indians have been fixated with the revival of high-rise pants for a couple of years now. The Indian clothing markets are replete with clothing brands churning out their best-designed ripped and non-ripped high-rise denims, culottes, trousers, leggings and much more in varying fits such as boot-cut, wide-leg, flared and straight among others.

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