Channel Your Inner Kendrick Lamar with These Flared Jeans

As a fashion editor, I found the most important part of last night’s Super Bowl to be Kendrick Lamar’s flared jeans. A lot of the Internet did, too. The rapper took to the field at halftime wearing a pair of Celine’s Flared Surf Jeans in Summer Dazed Wash Denim, and after seeing his performance, all I know is that I want to be on whatever page this guy is on.

In my eyes, Lamar wearing super-flared jeans is the final sign of the return of western wear that I’ve been warning you about again and again. It’s officially back, naturally, alongside the long-awaited reawakening of denim billowing out around your ankles.

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Kendrick Lamar wears Celine flared jeans at the Super Bowl halftime show.

If you aren’t quite ready to drop $1,300 on a pair of Celine jeans, though, don’t fret—after Lamar’s show, they’re almost sold out anyway. You can still embrace the flare with a pair of jeans that are ready for anything, including (but not limited to) publicly dissing your rap nemesis in front of the entire world for the second time in one month. (Side note: You know the flare is really back, because when you do something like that, you’ve gotta be wearing a damn good outfit to pull it off.)

Some of my favorite flared jeans are below, for all tastes and styles. Maybe you like a darker wash; maybe you like a relaxed fit; maybe you don’t care either way and just want to be on the same stuff that Kendrick Lamar is on. I don’t blame you. Get on the flare trend before it’s too late.