The Official We The Free Denim Dictionary

When you choose a life partner, it’s important to know them inside-out, right? Like, there are a lot of things to take into consideration before such a big leap of faith. But when you do make the decision, it feels right, it just makes sense—it’s informed (or at least it should be).

In our opinion, buying a pair of jeans should feel exactly like that. You know what you’re getting yourself into, and you know that it’s gonna be your perfect fit. After all, it is a very essential, (hopefully) forever investment.

But with the denim landscape changing and rearranging and reinventing itself over and over and over again, it can feel next to impossible to make a purchase that feels so sure like this. The assortment is wider, the trends go in and out, and the terminology is on its own planet compared to other apparel. If your head feels like it’s spinning, don’t worry, ours is too. So we’ve decided to confront this denim dizziness head-on by laying it all out in a tried-and-true form, one that you (and we!) can go back and reference until the end of denim time (aka never)...

Our in-house heritage label We The Free presents: The Official Denim Dictionary—a collection of terms, trends, and timeless elements that are unique to our jeans. Assuming you’re brushed up on the basics like straight and wide and what-not, this guide takes you deeper into more nuanced topics like fresh new leg shapes, hemlines, fabrications—that upper-level denim stuff. Yeah, we’re not messing around…

So take notes, and then head to our denim category like a jean-ius, ready to make the most informed purchase of your life! Because it’s time to know your perfect pair inside-out, before it even hits your doorstep: