Louis Vuitton Monogram Leather Patch Jeans

These are the Louis Vuitton Monogram Patch Jeans in a size 30, a mid-blue washed denim five-pocket with a leather Monogram patch set on the hip. They're for someone who wants Louis Vuitton on an everyday jean rather than on a bag or a logo tee.

The pair is cut in 100% cotton denim, which Louis Vuitton describes as a thick organic denim, in a high-waisted regular fit with a straight leg. A chunky tan leather belt loop sits at the front waistband, the button is a jewel-style finish, the topstitching runs gold against the indigo, and the Monogram patch is set low on the hip pocket. The wash fades through the thighs and the fabric has the dry hand of a heavier denim, so it wears closer to a classic workwear jean than to a stretch pair.

What makes it different from the house's louder denim, the all-over jacquard and printed-canvas pieces, is restraint. The Monogram appears once, on an otherwise plain jean, so it reads as Louis Vuitton up close without announcing itself across the room. One pair in stock, in a 30, from the women's ready-to-wear line.