The low rise jean had its moment and that moment has passed. What replaced it, for men who actually think about fit, is a higher rise that sits where trousers were always meant to sit and does something quite specific to the silhouette. It lengthens the leg. It makes a tucked shirt look considered rather than accidental. It gives you a waistband you can actually wear a belt with without it disappearing under your stomach. None of this is revolutionary. It is just correct.

The problem is that high waist jeans for men are easy to get wrong. Too much rise and you are in vintage costume territory. Too stiff a fabric and the whole thing reads as trying. What we have been looking for are pairs that wear like a proper jean while quietly doing the structural work that makes everything above and below them look better. No fanfare. No obvious effort. These are the ones that simply get on with it.