Are skinny jeans coming back in style?
Slim cuts are returning at the edges, but the wide/straight era still dominates; do not rebuild your drawer either way.
Denim silhouettes swing on roughly ten-year cycles, and the skinny era's trough arrived on schedule. What is returning first is not the painted-on 2010s skinny but 'slim straight' - a narrow leg with breathing room. The smart play in any silhouette transition is the middle: straight-leg jeans are acceptable in both eras, so they are the permanent resident of a low-stress wardrobe. If you kept your skinny jeans, hold them another two to three years - the cycle will finish the job. If you are buying now, buy the cut that flatters you over the cut that is trending; fit outlasts fashion on your body even when it does not on the runway.