Eight pairs instead of a wall of denim and trousers. The mix leans classic with a modern edge, which is the throughline in what you gravitate toward, and Steve Madden fits right in. Check the rise and the inseam before the label.

This edit rides what is moving in denim and trousers on Phia right now. The same instinct runs through Steve Madden, Nike and Levi'S here: recognisable shape, quiet finish, nothing that dates in a season. The versions I picked are the plainer ones in each label's line rather than the loudest.