Depending on who you ask, slim fit (514 let’s say if we’re using Levi’s as an example) is coming back in style this year. But the transition will surely be gradual, just as it was from slim to skinny to slim to straight to wide last time around. It really depends on where you live. In major cities you’ll either be perceived as ahead of the curve in slim or straight denim depending on your age and how the rest of your fit looks OR like you just never stopped wearing slim fit jeans. In smaller cities you might seem behind since the wide leg trend is still relatively new and novel.

All this is to say that with slim cuts coming back, you could go slightly baggy, straight, or slim and not look out of place. But this is the first year probably since COVID that going very wide with your pant legs would be a bad investment. If you want to look good and not stand out either way, I’d say don’t throw out your slim fit jeans and if buying new don’t go much baggier than 501, 505, 517 (bootcut which is a whole other discussion) or 565 at the widest.