How to Wear Colored Denim

Last season's primary colors give way to pastels and Easter egg shades in straight, bootcut, and ankle silhouettes.

By Adam Glassman

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Great Buys! Four of these jeans are $25 or less.

For colored denim, choose the same cut you would for regular jeans. But when in doubt, cigarette and bootcut styles tend to be the most flattering.

Lilac
$139; cjbycookiejohnson.com

Lavender
$25; aeropostale.com

Cobalt
Mossimo for Target, $23; target.com

Turquoise
City Streets by JCPenney, $20; jcp.com

Seafoam
$89; guess.com

Lime
Re-Start, $15; peppermintpark.com

Yellow
$158; joesjeans.com

Peach
$185; toryburch.com

Fuschia
$70; gap.com

Cherry
American Eagle Outfitters, $45; ae.com

From the February 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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