Eight pairs instead of a wall of denim and trousers. The mix leans polished but easy to actually wear, which is the throughline in what you gravitate toward, and Madewell 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 Madewell, The Upside and Mint Velvet 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.