5 European Jeans Brands You Can Shop Online

Street style woman in jeans and blazer in Paris

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There are plenty of great, home-grown American jeans brands. It's a long-established tradition, though, for American denim designers to take inspiration and direction from the top European fashion houses on the latest fabrics, trends, and global styles in blue jeans. Today, thanks to online ordering and international shipping options, women in the United States no longer have to travel to Europe, to get their hands on some of the most fashionable new denim styles being created on the continent.

The next time you're getting ready to shop for new jeans, consider venturing beyond the same-old denim brands you can find in your local stores. All of the European jeans labels featured here ship to American addresses, and are making waves stateside with their innovative denim fashions and premium quality European fabrics. Take a look at the five best European denim brands you can shop online now.

Tip: Before you shop online for jeans, you'll need to know your correct size. Find that out here, with our handy step-by-step guide.

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IRO Paris

IRO Paris jeans
IRO Paris 

Are you craving the same jeans worn by today's most stylish Parisians? French clothing label label IRO was founded in 2004 by French brothers Laurent and Arik Bitton, who shared a vision of creating luxury clothing separates with a sexy, dangerous, rock and roll-inspired vibe. Today, the brand is beloved by international style icons such as Kate Moss and Rihanna, for their edgy, street style designs.

The IRO Paris jeans collection includes super skinny, straight leg and trendy flared denim fits in a moody palette of black, grey, indigo and vintage-inspired blues, including full-length and cropped denim styles. Most of their jeans washes feature trendy fading, for a glamorous been-there, worn-that look.

High quality, stretch denim is a hallmark of the IRO Paris jeans line, with most styles fabricated to include 2% elastane (aka Spandex or Lycra), for flexibility, shaping and comfort.

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AllSaints

AllSaints black jeans
AllSaints 

AllSaints is a British fashion retailer that started as a high-end menswear brand, but has become well-known over the past several years for its trendy, directional denim clothing collections for both women and men.

AllSaints' denim pieces have a British rock and roll vibe that both nods to the past and looks ultra-modern. You can shop their denim line today for sharply-cut skinny jeans,  boyfriend jeans, distressed, high waisted and cropped denim styles.

This trendy brand also sells a flattering and fashionable collection of body shaping jeans that suck in your loose bits and fit the body like a glove, thanks to a super-high degree of stretch in the fabric. All of these styles are available in an aged palette of indigo, black, faded blues, grays and white jeans,

Recently, the AllSaints brand has expanded beyond jeans to offer women a collection of denim clothing to fill out their wardrobes. This includes denim skirts and shirts, denim shorts with special details such as distressing and raw hems, and covetable denim dresses.

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CLOSED Jeans

Woman's lower half in pink jeans
CLOSED denim 

CLOSED is a European denim and sportswear brand with a fresh, young vibe. Founded in Italy, where it still sources its high-quality denim fabrics, today the CLOSED clothing label is based in Germany.

Fashion-loving women worldwide are big fans of this brand's Power Stretch Denim collection, a line of body contouring, full-length and ankle crop skinny jeans for women that feature super-high elasticity (up to 40%) and are available in a beautiful range of washes, including some colored denim options, such as the pretty pink jeans pictured here.

Also look to this brand for gorgeously soft chambray blouses, classic denim jackets and skirts, and well-cut jeans in a wide variety of trendy fits and colors.

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MIH Jeans

MiH flare jeans
MiH Jeans 

MIH Jeans is one of Britain's most iconic denim labels, with roots going back to London's swinging 1960s fashion and music scene. MIH stands for the brand's original name, "Made in Heaven". The label relaunched itself in 2005 as "the London Girl's denim brand", with a new, sophisticated vibe designed to please the modern, more polished jeans-wearing woman.

Today, MIH Jeans aims for a timeless, modern-retro fashion vibe, targeting perfect fit and clean finishes, with minimal detailing, that's effortlessly chic. In addition to jeans in a wide variety of fits and fabric washes, including the best-selling Marrakesh flare jean, the brand offers high-quality denim dresses, overalls, skirts and shorts for summer. Plus, you can shop this brand for beautiful non-denim separates, including knitwear, coats, and accessories.

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Nudie Jeans

Woman in medium wash skinny jeans
Nudie Jeans 

Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans was co-founded by Maria Erixon, Joakim Levin, and Palle Stenberg. The trio was inspired by the Swedish concept of "lagom", which means "just the right amount". Their goal was to create an environmentally-friendly denim brand that was stylish and Earth conscious. They achieve this by working entirely with organic cotton fabrics, to create their fashionable, vintage-inspierd, raw denim jeans collection.

Today, customers around the world can shop the Nudie Jeans website for trendy, guilt-free new and secondhand jeans. Women's styles include skinny and relaxed fits in gorgeous, vintage-inspired washes, as well as denim jackets with a lived-in look, and other clothing separates.

Nudie also encourages its customers to recycle and reuse their old jeans, offering repair shops in cities around the globe, including Los Angeles. Those who crave new jeans can return their old ones to a Nudie Jeans repair shop, for a 20% discount on a new pair.