Y2K Baggy Wide Leg Jeans for Women in Two Tone Acid Wash

Y2K jeans with a baggy wide leg and two tone acid wash

Y2K jeans are the early 2000s cut: a loose, wide leg that pools over the shoe, worn with a cropped top. This pair does it in a dark blue denim with bleached sand panels running down the front of each leg, so the wash reads as two tones rather than one. High waist, button fly, straight and wide from the hip, with diagonal button straps across the thigh and small rips at the knee. Hem breaks over a platform trainer.

The wash

The base is a dark, slightly grey blue; the front panels are bleached to sand, with the fade running into the blue at the edges. It is a contrast wash, the 2000s version of acid wash, not the marbled all-over bleach of the 80s. The rips at the knee are small, cut into the panel, and finished so they do not run.

High waisted wide leg

The waistband sits at the natural waist. Below it the leg is cut baggy through the hip and thigh and stays the same width to the hem, which is what puts it in the y2k baggy jeans category rather than a flare. The straps across the thigh are stitched in with a button at each end; they are detail, not adjustment.

What to wear with y2k jeans

A cropped top, a fitted tee or a baby tee, which is how they are photographed with a white cropped knit. Platform trainers or chunky boots; the leg is wide enough that a thin shoe disappears. Keep the top short so the high waist shows.

Fit and sizing

Sizes S to 2XL, one wash. Non-stretch denim: choose your usual jeans size and, if you fall between two, take the larger one. Full length, cut to break over the shoe.

Care

Cold wash inside out, hang to dry. The bleached panels lose contrast faster in a hot wash and in the tumble dryer.