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If 2025 were a fashion item, it 100 per cent would be barrel leg jeans.
What started as bow-legged cowboy-esque shilouettes on runways trickled down into more wearable high-street barrel styles that curved out mid-thigh and then back in again towards the ankle.
Now, the barrel leg jean has officially graduated from a trend to a wardrobe staple.
Watch: Leigh stocks up on these specific pants every summer. Post continues below.
Only problem? It's officially too hot to be wearing barrel leg jeans…
Enter, the summertime version.
A few weeks back, Nothing to Wear podcast host and very stylish lady Leigh Campbell recommended a pair of Uniqlo Barrel Leg Pants so good, she buys them in every colour.
The Uniqlo pants. Images: Supplied, @carmenandmegstyle, @gia_costella.
Since then, barrel leg pants in lightweight jersey, linen, cotton and cargo materials are dominating my feed.
All of my favourite stylists and fashion creators of all sizes on Instagram and TikTok have been sharing their barrel leg pant styling inspo — it seems like barrel leg pants are as versitile and inclusive as those magical jeans in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.
The Assembly Label pants. Images: Instagram/@lindseysharlassian, @emkellywears, @lydianoellaaa.



































