Levi Strauss CEO says skinny jeans are never going away

Sporting a pair of jeans and a denim jacket, Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh pronounced Wednesday at the Axios BFD that skinny jeans are never going away.

Driving the news: While the big denim trend at the moment is looser, baggier fits, Bergh told Axios' Hope King that skinny jeans are "a staple in women’s closets and will always be a staple."

Meanwhile, Bergh also noted that the 170-year-old company has been slowly growing its gender-neutral or gender-fluid line.

• "We know that women buy some men's product and men buy some women's product," he said.
• "There is definitely consumer appetite for that and we're there for that," he said.

Fun fact: Bergh wears his Levi's for major occasions. "I met the pope wearing jeans. It's in my contract,” Bergh said.

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