It's a match made in Franco-L.A. heaven.
Stephanie Danan and Justin Kern, designers of the emerging L.A.-based women's wear label Co, have partnered with French jeans vet Francois Girbaud of the now-defunct Marithe+Francois Girbaud to create their first denim.
The styles break the basic rules of jeans selling: They don't have stretch, and they are made of completely raw, unwashed denim. But they stay true to Co's dressed-up sensibility with couture-inspired volume and a crisp fabrication.
The first of the offerings, for fall, are in stores now. They include high-waist, flared trousers slit at the backs of the ankles to reveal the heel of a great shoe and create a bit of sway when the wearer walks.