Want to wear wide leg jeans in the cold weather and need help elevating your outfits? In this blog post, we’ll guide you through chic ways to wear wide leg jeans in winter. These jeans offer a perfect blend of comfort and fashion, and we’re about to show you how to make them your go-to choice for the season.
Whether you’re heading to work, a cozy weekend brunch, or a special evening out, wide leg jeans can keep you looking fabulous and feeling comfortable. So, let’s dive into the world of winter fashion and discover how to elevate your style with these versatile jeans.
Can You Wear Wide Leg Jeans In Winter?
Wide leg jeans is actually a great option to wear in the winter weather.
- Because this jeans is not as tight as skinny jeans or leggings which means wearing more layers will not be as uncomfortable.
- Because of the wide leg style of the jeans, you can actually wear a lot of different styles of ankle boots with them compared to skinny jeans.
- You can wear fitted as well as oversized sweaters and still look polished and sophisticated. I feel like these are like the elegant bottoms that make everything look chic.
- You can also wear added layers like base layers underneath when its get really chilly.
What Sweaters To Wear With Wide Leg Jeans?
You can wear both relaxed fit and fitted sweaters with wide leg jeans. This is why it’s so easy to style them. The wide hem of the jeans helps balance your complete outfits. And if you pick the right styles of jeans then they can easily elevate your looks.
The goal is to ensure that you are wearing sweaters that look cohesive with your wide leg jeans. Color is one way to easily style them. But you should also focus on the occasion for which you are styling wide leg jeans. If it’s too casual, wearing a fancy cutout style of sweater will not look good.
Here are some styles of sweaters you can wear with wide leg jeans:
- Turtleneck sweaters
- Collared Sweaters
- Cropped Cardigans
- Crewneck Sweaters
- Square neck Sweaters
- Mockneck Sweaters
How do you wear wide leg jeans with boots?
Wide leg jeans are perfect for ankle boots because the wide hem is not going to get caught in the boots. That is why ankle boots are the best styles of boots you can wear with wide leg jeans.
If it’s too cold you can wear longer socks so when you sit down, your ankles still stay warm and covered.
You can also wear a little longer boots that are not just ankle length. Combat boots and lug sole boots are perfect to wear with wide leg jeans as well. They have a bit of heel to elongate your legs. This is specially important for petite ladies.
If you want to dress up your wide leg jeans outfit, pick pointed toe ankle boots with heels. You can wear them to any fancy occasion.
Here are some styles of boots you can wear with wide leg jeans:
- Chelsea boots
- Block Heel Ankle Boots
- Combat Boots
- Pointed Heel Ankle Boots
- Lace up ankle Boots
- Lug Sole Ankle Boots
What Outerwear To Wear With Wide Leg Jeans?
While you can wear literally any outerwear with any outfit, there are some that look better together. Wide leg jeans would make your bottom half of the body to look wider and hence slimming your top part. It also has the capabilities to elongate your legs.
But you can also look wide and bulky with them. Wearing a puffer coat with wide leg jeans will end up making you look bulky. Instead you can go for puffer jackets or belted puffer coats to add a waist detail.
if you are creating a work look, wearing structured wool coats and wool blazers would make your jeans outfit sophisticated.
If you are wearing wide leg jeans for a dressed up event, go for fur cropped jacket or belted long coat.
Here are some styles of outerwear you can wear with wide leg jeans in winter:
- Belted Wool Coat
- Wool Blazer
- Puffer Jacket
- Belted Puffer Coat
- Double Breasted Coat
9 Chic Winter Outfits With Wide Leg Jeans
Here are some modern ways to style your wide leg jeans for winter weather.
Blue Coat + Striped Fitted Turtleneck + White Boots
We usually wear black jeans in winter but it does not have to be, you can wear dark wash blue jeans as well. This is a simple yet sophisticated outfit you can wear in early winter when you don’t want to wear a heavy sweater.
The outfit look monochrome with the white striped turtleneck and the blue coat that looks cohesive with the blue jeans. Adding white ankle boots complete this outfit.
You can wear this look to work, or wear it casually everyday as well.
Faux Fur White Coat + Colored Turtleneck + Combat Boots
In this white wide leg jeans outfit, we again have a monochromatic look with white jeans and white faux fur coat. A faux fur coat is perfect to create a cozy extreme cold weather outfit. You can pair it with a white jeans to elevate your casual denim outfit.
Keeping the color scheme the same, added a pair of white combat boots to this outfit. Even though they are casual footwear, in this outfit they don’t look like that do they? If you go with a white sweater, you will have an all white look that sometimes looks washed, so added a pop of color to enhance the overall look. And a great way to wear color easily.
Faux Leather Puffer Jacket + Colored Henley + Chelsea Boots
Faux leather puffer jacket is an elevated winter basic that can enhance your everyday outfits. And it’s a great outerwear you can pair with a wide leg jeans. In this black wide leg jeans outfit, we have paired a black Chelsea boots with pointed toe. Even though the Chelsea boots are flat, because of the pointed tow style, it makes your legs look longer.
Again an easy way to wear more color by adding henley sweater which in general looks very casual. But in this outfit it looks much more put together and elevated.
Wool Coat + Black Sweater + Chelsea Boots
Wide leg jeans looks like trousers specially in winter when you create structured outfits for them. This dark wash wide leg jeans outfit is great for sophisticated occasion where you don’t want to wear dark clothes.
The dark wash is actually the pop of color here which makes this outfit look polished even though you are wearing a casual pair of jeans.
The belt adds an hour glass definition to your look. If you like minimalistic style this outfit would suit you well.
Bomber Jacket + Thick Sweater + Heeled Ankle Boots
Cropped wide leg jeans are an excellent alternative if you are on the petite side. And you can also wear a chunky sweater as you have a scope of ankle show that will make you look lean.
But if you want to cover your ankles because of chilly weather, try adding heeled ankle boots with pointed toe. This will make you look tall. Since the bomber jacket is longer it balances the cropped wide leg jeans.
Again, the goal is to keep your outfit looking cohesive, so matching the shade of the boots with your jacket will be great.
White Double Breasted Wool Coat + White Ankle Boots
Another great way to wear a white wide leg jeans in winter is by pairing it with matching shade of white double breasted wool coat. This instantly makes your outfit look structured and sophisticated.
In this outfit, I also added a thin belt to add more detail to the outfit making it look interesting.
Ofcourse, match the boots either with the sweater, jeans or coat. This way your outfit looks cohesive and elevated.
White Double Breasted Wool Coat + White Ankle Boots
You don’t have to always wear coat or jacket to create a sophisticated look. And sometimes when the weather is not consistent, you can feel too hot in coats or jackets. A great alternative will be to add a sweatshirt or thicker sweater on top of a thinner sweater.
In this blue wide leg jeans outfit, a gray sweatshirt is layered on the shoulder which by itself is a casual clothing item. But, in this outfit, it adds an effortless sophistication.
You still look polished but you can use the sweatshirt as a third layer if it gets chillier.
Leather Blazer + Trench Coat
This blue wide leg jeans outfit is perfect for the layer lovers. If you live in extreme cold weather places or areas where the weather fluctuates, you need to wear more layers.
A leather blazer or a faux leather blazer is a great cold weather blazer where you stay warm and you look polished.
Add it to this basic blue jeans outfit which your favorite nude boots. You can pick trench coat if it’s not too cold to layer on or go for thicker woolen trench depending on the weather.
I think this outfit is perfect for snowy days with a cute beanie.
Trench Coat + Sweater On Shoulder
Another way to wear wide leg jeans is to add a long trench coat that can cover you from head to toe with a simple black sweater.
You can do this with almost all shades of wide leg jeans. Match the shade of boots with the color family of the coat.
The interesting detail to this outfit is a similar color tone sweater added to the shoulders. This not only keeps you warm, also looks chic.
This way you have another sweater that you can put on if you are cold. This is a great city getaway travel outfit.
