Yes I recall when they came in, so many saying they’d never wear them, they look like turnip legs, so unflattering.
before skinnies it was boot cut in the main, low rise with some tapered mom jeans,
it normally takes 20 - 30 years before a fashion comes back and each one lasts about ten years.
so skinnies went out of fashion 5 years ago with wide leg starting to make an appearance as skinnies tailed out of fashion at the same time, reaching its peak in 24 when skinnies were obsolete and wide, barrel, puddle etc took over fully,
so if history is anything to go by, we will have wide leg etc in fashion till at least the early 2030s, and skinnies won’t make a come back until about 2050s. But with a modification,
skinnies were last in fashion in the 80s where they were called drain pipes. And had slight differences , ie drain pipe had no stretch and no breathing room at the ankle, the same Jean. Just a slight modification
peiple saying they are coming back in, are not designers with some insight, more the remaining people who don’t want to let theirs go. Same as when they came in fashion, people were saying no way would they stop wearing their boot cut jeans,