Where a Mid Rise Sits
Rise sets the proportion before the leg shape does anything. It is the measurement from the crotch seam to the top of the waistband, and on a women's jean a mid rise usually runs somewhere around ten to eleven inches.
In practice that puts the waistband above your hip bone and an inch or two below your natural waist. A high rise sits at or just above the natural waist. A low rise sits down on the hips. Mid rise takes the space between them, which is why it is sometimes sold as a mid waist jean.
The waistband is high enough to hold the shape of your waist and low enough to stay off your ribs when you sit down. That is the practical case for the fit, and the reason it has come back alongside looser legs. Compare it against the rest of the range in women's jeans.
Mid Rise or High Rise
Torso length is the thing to measure. A high rise starts the leg line higher and marks the waist, which is what makes it photograph long, and it suits a longer torso for exactly that reason.
On a shorter torso the same waistband has less room to work with. It can crowd the ribcage, shorten the middle of the body rather than lengthen the leg, and become uncomfortable to sit in for an hour. A mid rise leaves a little space between the waistband and the bottom of the ribs, keeps the front of the jean flat, and lets a tucked top sit without bunching.
Longer torsos get a different benefit from the same drop: the lower waistband balances a long middle instead of exaggerating it.
For the full high waisted range across every fit, the high rise jeans collection carries it.
Mid Rise Straight Leg and Slim Jeans
A straight leg shows what a rise does more clearly than any other shape, because there is no volume in the way. Drop the waistband and the line starts from the hip rather than the waist, which gives a softer, less formal look on the same body.
The Tatum is the clearest version of that here: a relaxed straight wide leg with a subtle taper, cut full length. The Billie is our best seller and the anchor of this collection: a cropped, wide, straight-leg in rigid denim with distressing through the panels, now in several washes.
For something closer to the body, the 143 is a 90s-inspired slim with a cropped inseam, and the Libby is slim and tapered through the leg with a hem just above the ankle.
Full-length straight fits across every rise live in the straight leg jeans collection.
Mid Rise Wide Leg and Relaxed Jeans
A mid rise changes a wide leg more than it changes any other fit. A high rise marks the waist and lets the leg fall from a fixed point. A mid rise starts the volume lower, which gives the whole silhouette an easier, more 90s line and takes some of the formality out of a full leg.
The Kira is the full-length version, a wide leg cut from a light denim that drapes rather than holds. The Donna Trouser takes the same width to a cropped length with a cleaner front, which is what makes it a trouser jean rather than a wide leg.
Loose and relaxed fits work on the same principle. The Maria is a horseshoe style with a curved outseam, a full leg and a cropped ankle. The Robbie is relaxed through the hip with a subtle easy flare and a cropped hem. Both carry room a high waistband would pull tight against.
The full-length wide leg range sits in wide leg jeans.
Cropped Mid Rise and Length
Most of this collection is cut cropped, and the pairing is deliberate. A mid rise starts the leg lower, so ending it above the ankle keeps the two halves of the body even rather than leaving a long middle and a short leg. The Billie, Maria, Libby, 143, and Robbie all finish above the ankle bone.
For full length, the Tatum and the Kira carry the floor-grazing versions, both cut to graze the top of the shoe with a slight break.
The complete run of shortened hems across every rise lives in cropped jeans. Whatever the length, a ribbed tank or a fitted tee tucked at the front is the simplest thing to wear with a mid rise, because the waistband gives you enough to tuck into.
