Skinny jeans never really went anywhere, they just got buried under a wave of wide leg enthusiasm that convinced a lot of men to abandon a cut that actually worked for them. The problem was never the silhouette. It was the execution. Too much taper with not enough rise, or a leg opening so narrow it looked painted on rather than considered. Get the proportions wrong and you look like you borrowed your teenage self’s wardrobe. Get them right and it is one of the cleanest lines in casual menswear. We have been looking specifically at fits that taper properly without going to extremes, with enough seat room to actually move in and a rise that sits where it should. These work with a chunky trainer to balance the silhouette, with a Chelsea boot, or with a longer overshirt worn open. The cut does a lot of the work. You just have to find the ones that are actually built correctly.