Chic Women With Punk Hearts, This Is The Brand For You - Refinery29

I've reached that time in my life when the jeans I’ve had since I was 18 — despite stretching ever-so-politely over the years — are now, undeniably, 700% too small. I need a new pair of jeans, one perhaps with a cut that makes me look more like a grown-up and less like an over-grown Blink 182 fan (although, if possible, I’d still like to be both). Enter: Kéji, the small-but-perfectly formed brand designed by Katie Green for chic women with punk hearts — a.k.a. everything I could want in a clothing line and more.

Having worked first as a pattern cutter, then closely with Katie Grand at Love magazine, then as a buyer at Net-A-Porter, Green finally launched her own label in 2015, offering a concise collection of 11 styles of denim. Kéji has since evolved with skill and precision into a full ready-to-wear collection worn by skaters (a direct reference for her most recent offering) and high-flying women, alike. But her fall/winter 2016 selection (pictured here and currently available for purchase) is what particularly stands out, with its velvet jumpsuits, satin skirts, and what Green refers to as the most flattering jean shape: high-waisted and seriously wide-legged.

In the way that Céline predicted exactly what every woman wanted to wear in 2012, Kéji — whose acute accent sits in the same place — provides its customers with wearable and desirable looks that are similarly quietly iconic. Below, Green talks about dressing down while still dressing up, life as a London-based designer post-Brexit, and how the right pair of jeans can make the woman.

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