While corduroy will forever make us think of Mila Kunis in That ’70s Show , this year’s best corduroy pants nod more subtly to the decade. Instead of swinging bell-bottoms, the key is to opt for a loose, baggy fit similar to the denim shapes du jour . As Vogue ’s Laura Hawkins wrote in January 2024 , this silhouette will stop your cords from looking like a ’70s Halloween costume: “Your muse of the season is more hippy music teacher on a hot date than bell bottom-clad rock star at Woodstock, more an older Jane Birkin in slouchy chocolate cords than her younger self in a three-piece white suit with skinny flares.”

The look has roots in ’90s minimalism, too. Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy , for one, had a soft spot for her bootcut toffee cords, which she paired with a black turtleneck,

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