Move Over LBD – Is This Fashion’s Most Beloved Wardrobe Staple?

Skinny jeans have been named women's best-loved fashion item of all time

Rebecca McKnight

Move Over LBD – Is This Fashion’s Most Beloved Wardrobe Staple?

Skinny jeans have been named women’s best-loved fashion item of all time, a survey has shown. The skin-tight denim trousers that became popular a decade ago came top beating classics such as the ‘little black dress’, the biker jacket and even the iconic 60′s miniskirt.

The skinny-legged jeans beat all other varieties including flares, boot-cut and hipster styles.

Other loved fashion items to make the top 30 list were ballet pumps, the push-up bra and a classic denim jacket, revealed in the poll by the online market place, eBay.

The maxi dress and leggings, which have had a resurgence of late, also made the top 30 list.

Staple wardrobe items like a white t-shirt, black blazer and shift dress were also on the list, as was a traditional trench coat and a cosy pair of sheepskin boots.

Completing the top twenty was a controversial pick – the bodycon dress, made famous (infamous?) by the likes of WAGS and the TOWIE cast.

More classic fashion staples that made the most loved list were polo neck jumpers, military jackets and a trusty checked, lumberjack shirt.

The 2000 women polled also said that tops made up the majority of their wardrobe, followed by jeans and dresses respectively.

Celebrating the 140^th anniversary of jeans, the research additionally revealed that the average woman owns a total of seven pairs.

However, one in 20 females say they had between 16-20 pairs.

Two thirds of women surveyed said that jeans are the item of clothing that they wear most regularly and 84% of recipients agree

that jeans are a classic wardrobe staple.

In contrast, the shell suit was rated as the worst fashion item of all time by a third of ladies just ahead of the 80′s favourite – the puffball skirt.

Other fashion horrors to emerge were bumbags, leather trousers and leg warmers, along with cagoules, hoodies and ponchos.

Crop tops and sheepskin boots seem to divide the nation’s fashions lovers as they appeared on both the best and worst list.

The poll also found that nineties girl band B*witched were the celebs most associated with denim, followed by James Dean and John Wayne.

Fitting, then, that eBay has teamed up with pop band B*Witched to host an exclusive celebrity auction in aid of charity, Jeans for Genes Day. The group have donated their favourite pieces of denim from the 90s along with VIP backstage packages – including a meet and greet – for one of their Big Reunion shows.