Denim's Fine Print: The Hardware, Pattern and Shade to Watch This Fall

SJ Denim's Fall 2026 edition turns its attention to the small choices that make a pair of jeans look like this season instead of last: the finishing details, the surface patterns and the colors just starting to show up. For an archive built on knowing exactly when a look was worn, that is the layer that dates a garment, often before anyone reads the label. The issue doesn't give us a red carpet or a crown. It gives us the terms worth knowing before denim fills the sidewalks this autumn, from Nashville to New York.

With reporting from WWD.