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There Are So Many Good Denim Styles To Wear This Summer. Here Are 15 Of Them

Double your denim with this coordinating set from Assembly Label.
Double your denim with this coordinating set from Assembly Label.

Shorts, shirts, skirts! These pieces prove that every season is a denim season.

It’s hard to quantify the magnitude of denim. Jeans are eternal, their fabric weight measured in ounces, their marks like milestones as we wear them and tear them and trust them. They can be soft or tough and yet still feel new (thanks, in part, to a wave of local designers reimagining them in New Zealand).

But denim is also so much more than jeans. Fashion’s cyclical nature has re-rendered long, sweeping skirts in shades of cerulean, a recent nod to the 90s. Boxy overshirts can double down on the deployment of lightweight organic cotton. Shorts can offer something durable, steadfast. Really, what doesn’t denim do? Our fashion assistant Annabel Dickson has picked some of the best pieces of the new season, which showcase the breadth of what it can.

Cue top $190 and skirt $280.

Penny Sage skirt $395.

Citizens of Humanity jeans, $550, from Simon James.

Witchery dress $280.

Kowtow shirt $299 and shorts $239.

Kate Sylvester dress $399.

Assembly Label shirt $145 and shorts $110.

Gimaguas denim skirt, $270, from Black Box Boutique.

Shjark denim trousers $389.

Ruby shorts $189.

Ganni dress approx $675.

Mina trousers $395.

Storm skirt $229.

Marle trousers $280.

Glassons skirt $70.

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