H&M’s latest summer denim captures the laid-back attitude of skate culture and filters it through a clean, city-ready lens. The shapes are exaggerated in all the right places. Think wide-leg jeans and oversized denim shorts that land below the knee.
H&M Summer 2025 Denim
This summer, there’s a softness to the washes: stone gray, weathered indigo, pale blue. These look lived-in from the start. When worn with a checkered button-down or a mesh jersey, the pieces channel the ease of a high school parking lot in the late 1990s, somewhere between Tony Hawk’s heyday and early YouTube skate edits.
The standout item is the relaxed-fit denim short, rendered in a faded khaki that nods to early workwear but fits into a broader conversation around H&M’s summer style. Paired with white crew socks and canvas sneakers, the silhouette builds out a streetwear wardrobe that steers toward utility.
Accessories matter here too. Wraparound sunglasses or a pocket chain tip the outfit toward the kind of anti-polish seen in skate videos and zines. That same logic applies to the distressed shorts and the low-slung jeans, both of which offer room to move and zero restriction.
H&M treats denim like a canvas, but the mood stays grounded in the everyday. A pinstripe shirt, lightly oversized and rolled at the sleeves, complements loose jeans. Meanwhile, super baggy shorts paired with a tucked-in tank recall the kind of thrifted spontaneity once seen on East Village sidewalks or Seoul’s side streets.
The looks are current. H&M’s styling pulls from a long trail of subcultures: skaters, ravers, and early-aughts streetwear heads who all knew one thing. Summer hits different when the denim goes wide.
