7 For All ManKind

Look at the back pocket on the 7 For All ManKind Kimmie Regular Straight Leg jeans and you'll find the signature squiggle stitch, the detail stylists pointed to when premium denim first became its own category. Straight, hip to ankle. The cut is built to sit at the waist, not fight it. Nearby: a Josefina straight leg boyfriend cut with more room through the thigh, a slim fit straight leg skinny for a closer line, a high waist flare slim that swings out below the knee, and, for the one guy shopping this section, The Believer regular straight leg. 7 For All ManKind started in Los Angeles in 2000, when designers Michael Glasser, Peter Koral, and Jerome Dahan treated denim like a luxury fabric, engineering fit and wash the way a tailor approaches a trouser. Editors shortened the name to "Sevens" — some still call the jeans "7s" — and the nickname outlasted plenty of brands that copied the fit. That's the thread running through every pair here: the cut comes first.