It's about loose jeans and 90s straight jeans. The loose jeans modernized with the tapper to show off the sneakers. Gap and Levi's definitely say they selling 90s style/inspired jeans... and the rest will/are following.
I been rocking slim-straight for over a decade even when skinny was popping. I went from relaxed boot cut 2000s to slim-straight 2010s.
Pretty much skipped wide denim jeans and skinny jeans with accident buys of each and I wasn't feeling it.