Jennie’s Off-Duty Uniform Includes Vintage Pinstripe Jeans and a Spotted Chanel Handbag
We need street-style sightings from her more often
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
Jennie doesn't need a runway to make fashion work. The Blackpink member was spotted in New York City's SoHo neighborhood recently, and her off-duty fit proves she's just as compelling in vintage jeans and a sweater as she is on a red carpet. While we see her styled to the nines for performances and magazine covers, these street-style moments offer a clearer window into how she actually dresses when no one's technically requiring her to.
The look itself was a masterclass in contrast: she paired a navy Polo Ralph Lauren crewneck—logo positioned just so, adding a whisper of red—over a plain white tee, immediately signaling prep-school ease. But Jennie didn't stop there. She layered in a pair of black-and-white Jean Paul Gaultier pinstripe jeans, low-rise with a foldover waist, that could've read costume-y in someone else's hands. Instead, they felt intentional, playful, exactly what happens when a pop star with actual taste gets dressed. A spotted Chanel 25 bag from the Métiers d'Art collection by Matthieu Blazy added the final maximalist touch—because she's earned the right to pull off multiple statements in one outfit, according to Harper's Bazaar.
The Details Made It
What kept the whole thing grounded was restraint elsewhere: thin black sunglasses, jet-black gathered flats from Phoebe Philo, and delicate rings that whispered rather than shouted. This is the difference between someone who understands fashion and someone who just wears expensive clothes. Jennie clearly falls into the first camp. She knew when to lean in (vintage designer denim, a spotted handbag) and when to pull back (minimal jewelry, monochrome footwear), creating a look that felt both effortless and deliberate.
The takeaway isn't complicated: real style lives in the gaps between what you're supposed to wear and what actually makes you feel like yourself—and Jennie just proved it doesn't require a camera crew to matter.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
