Low Rise, and Where It Sits
Low rise is a measurement. Rise is the distance from the crotch seam to the top of the waistband, and a low rise shortens it so the waistband lands below your navel and across the hip bones instead of at your natural waist.
What decides whether a low rise works is whether it stays where you put it. A rigid cotton holds its position through the day and gives a little as you wear it. A soft stretch blend moves more, which is comfortable standing and less predictable sitting down. Everything on this page is cut to sit slung at the hip on purpose, so take the fit from the hip rather than the waist when you choose your size.
The Marcenia, a Low Rise Bootcut
The Marcenia is the reason this collection exists. It is a 2000s flashback fit, cut with a relaxed rise and a slouchy bootcut leg that opens gently below the knee and stacks slightly at the hem. The Y2K reference is deliberate, and the proportions have been redrawn: the leg is fuller and the rise is more forgiving than the low rise bootcut jeans of that era.
It comes in multiple washes here, Hush, Murmur, Bewitched, Eggshell and So Loved. Some washes come with a raw hem and that is intentional. Cut it to your length, leave it as it is, or let it fray over time.
Low Rise Wide Leg and Trouser
A low rise suits a wide leg for a structural reason. The volume starts at the hip rather than the waist, so the leg runs long from the point where it begins and the whole line stays uninterrupted.
The Regina is cut that way, low rise with a full dramatic length, most washes being cut from 100% cotton that is lightweight, rigid and built to soften with every wear. It comes in Loom, White and Ethereal. The Margot Trouser takes the same rise into a trouser: a loose, fluid leg with adjustable waist hardware, which is the most direct answer to whether a low rise will stay put. The rest of our wide leg jeans sit at a higher rise.
Low Rise Against Mid and High
For a straight leg at this rise, the Odette is low, full length and relaxed through the hip, which makes it the easiest of the four to wear every day.
Rise changes proportion more than any other measurement in denim. A high rise marks your natural waist and lengthens the leg from there, a mid rise sits between the two and suits most torsos, and a low rise moves the whole silhouette down and reads longer through the body. The full explanation lives with our mid rise jeans and high rise jeans.
Every pair here is cut with ease through the hip and thigh, so they also sit within our relaxed jeans. For washes, the Marcenia in Murmur and the Regina in Ethereal both sit in medium wash denim. To compare every rise and leg shape we cut, start from women's jeans.
