"Oh, just jeans and a top..."
Kelli Conway • 07/18/2017
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Flashback to the early aughts—it's Saturday night, and your getting-ready-to-go-out conversation goes something like this: “What are you going to wear? Jeans and a top, right?”...“Yeah, jeans and a top.”
As dictated by the supermodels and celebutantes of the era, there's no other going-out uniform worth considering.
Heading out for the night called for only one look, which was low-slung, flared jeans and some kind of sensational top (ideally, one that was glittered, satiny, or otherwise decorative) that would get you past those velvet ropes in a breeze.
Heading out for the night called for only one look, which was low-slung, flared jeans and some kind of sensational top (ideally, one that was glittered, satiny, or otherwise decorative) that would get you past those velvet ropes in a breeze.
So why are were taking a trip down memory lane? Well, that sartorial fail-safe is back with a vengeance this season, as designers excitedly revived the look. At Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton partnered opulent jacquard corsets with patchwork jeans. While Anthony Vaccarello’s second collection for Saint Laurent was practically an homage to the nightclubs of the 2000s. Hey, it was only a matter of time...fashion is cyclical, after all.
Luckily, the 2017 take on the trend is much more approachable (and doesn’t require you to be a bleach blonde hotel heiress).
The first bit of good news? A certain amount of modesty is cool and au courant—it isn’t vital to expose your midriff (choose high-waisted jeans and a top that neatly tucks in). And the second? This is a look that requires little more from you than a rummage through the back of your closet.
But in case all those tops made their way to a Goodwill years ago, we picked our favorite new ‘going out tops’ and a few pairs of high waisted denim to go with…
A.L.C. | $385.00Stanley KorshakSally LaPointe | $980.00Copious RowVince | $299.00MilkUlla Johnson | $345.00Kirna ZabeteIsabel Marant Étoile | $380.00Poole ShopNeedle & Thread | $269.00 .. $299.99McKenzie ClaireSelf-Portrait | $123.00RoanSaloni | $310.00MilkDerek Lam 10 Crosby | $327.00MilkAMO | $240.00Saint CloudMother | $228.00Gretta SloaneDL1961 | $178.00Rich Hippie M.I.H Jeans | $270.00McKenzie Claire
Givenchy | $1495.00Kirna ZabeteCaroline Constas | $394.0020twelveVeronica Beard | $325.00VermillionSee By Chloé | $475.00Stanley KorshakBrock Collection | $1390.00Copious RowMason By Michelle Mason $287.50MilkLuisa Et La Luna | $196.00Saint CloudSally LaPointe | $1950.00Copious RowYoung Fabulous & Broke | $115.00The BlakeL'Agence | $225.00Coplon'sRE/DONE | $242.00RoanJ Brand | $176.00Coplon'sAmo | $277.00Saint Cloud