Meanings
- pluralplural onlyA style of high-waisted, loose-fitting, faded/worn-in jeans for women, intended to look like men's jeans.
Nikki Wang in boyfriend jeans, casual layers, and clog boots.
2012, Lois Joy Johnson, The Wardrobe Wakeup: Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at Any Age, Running Press (2012), page 115 (image caption)2 more examples
“You can call me Syd for short,” Mrs. Potts—a petite brunette in torn boyfriend jeans, vintage peep-toe wedges, and a low-cut emerald sweater—smile-nodded at Claire.
2010, Lisi Harrison, These Boots Are Made for Stalking, Poppy, →ISBNThe ways in which advertising taps into, and draws upon, what people do anyway is exemplified in the case of boyfriend jeans.
2012, Daniel Miller, Sophie Woodward, Blue Jeans: The Art of the Ordinary, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 51
Origin
From the practice of women borrowing clothes from their boyfriends.
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