Styling White Jeans for Early Spring

Yes, you absolutely can wear white denim all year long. The fashion rules you learned growing up really have been tossed out. That said, I personally rarely wear white jeans in the colder months and prefer, instead, to save them as a spring treat. I just enjoy the thrill of pulling out my white jeans and pairing them with bright, cheerful colors and lighter fabrics. So you better believe today will be the first of many times I share spring outfits with white denim. But today I’m specifically styling white jeans for early spring.

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I do have in my closet a pair of full length, straight leg, high waist white jeans. But I believe I wore them rarely last spring or summer. Instead I gravitate to ankle length jeans because I love showing a little ankle at this time of year. Showing just a little bit of skin at this part of your leg can be slenderizing and elongating, but it’s also just very modern.

Here I’m wearing the slim boyfriend jean in white. These are definitely new favorites. They check all my boxes. These jeans have a 10 3/4″ rise in the front, a 28″ inseam and 15″ leg openings in the classic fit. The petite and tall numbers are a little different, of course. The 99% cotton/1% elastane white denim is such a nice thickness and very soft and comfortable. The jeans run a little large; I’m wearing a 29 very comfortably whereas I’ve been wearing a lot of 30s and even 31s recently. Sometimes in the past I’ve recommended sizing up in white denim, but there’s absolutely no need to do that here.

Ooh! And these white jeans are still 40% off with code WEEKEND today.

You can wear white jeans so many ways in the spring and summer. Here I created an outfit for early spring when the weather is still on the cool side and a little unpredictable. I topped the white jeans with my pink striped relaxed fit button up shirt (TTS), tucked the shirt and added a black belt.

The reason I wore a black belt and black loafers (similar & more economical) here is because I knew I’d be adding my black trench coat (similar or slightly more economical). Remember, I think it’s smart for my shoes to accomplish one of four goals:

• elongate the leg line visually – by wearing shoes in the same color or intensity as your pants or flesh toned shoes
• add visual interest to the outfit – usually by adding colorful or unique shoes to an otherwise neutral and streamlined outfit
• set the tone for the outfit – by wearing more casual shoes with elevated pieces or wearing heels or nicer shoes with casual attire
• bookend the outfit – by wearing the same color in your shoes as you do up top, thus tying the look together in a cohesive way

That said, I don’t expect my shoes to accomplish ALL of those style goals, only one of them. And remember, our style goals are personal, unique and often dictated by outside factors, such as weather, work environment and anticipated activities. (So please be cautious of assuming that other women have the same style goals you do and dictating what they should or should not wear. 😉)

So in this look I’ve assumed that the black trench coat was necessitated by the early spring weather and I’ve bookended my outfit with my black loafers (similar & more economical). I try to create outfits here at DFMD that feature some new products, but also items from my closet…because that’s just real life. And at the time, the only windbreaker option in my closet was my black trench.

Since then I’ve acquired this beautiful pink windbreaker jacket, and I’m chomping at the bit to wear it in a similar outfit. Here’s how I would style it.

Duplicating the color of your jacket in your top is such a smart style hack. Similar to bookending, this one-two punch really pulls an outfit together and makes it look cohesive and easy on the eyes. By the way, I’ll be showing this stone colored London Fog windbreaker in tomorrow’s post and I’m in love with it, too. That jacket also comes in a beautiful orchid that would work perfectly for a look like the one above, too.

To keep this jeans and relaxed fit button up shirt duo looking casual but smart, I completed the outfit with simple but impactful jewelry. No surprise there. Ha! That’s how I roll these days. But these chunky chain necklaces are such an easy way to top off an outfit, and then all you need are some simple post earrings. I do see my fun and trending pearl ball bracelet peeking out of my sleeve cuff below, too.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I do hope you are beginning to have signs of spring where you live. We are not. But I know they’re coming! 🌷Are you planning to break out the white jeans for early spring? Or will you be buying a new pair? Or maybe you’ve been wearing yours all winter long.

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