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J.Jill, Inc. (NYSE: JILL) is repositioning denim as a core category with the launch of an expanded jean assortment and an accompanying influencer-led campaign, the company announced this week. The initiative pairs a broadened product line with a roster of fashion creators and stylists tasked with communicating the brand’s “fabric and fit-first” positioning to a wider audience.
Product Expansion
The new assortment builds on the Authentic Fit Slim Leg, J.Jill’s top-selling jean, adding new fits, leg shapes, fabric blends and washes. The line also introduces a Modern Fit category — a true mid-rise offered in straight, wide and flare silhouettes. Both collections are constructed from the brand’s signature stretch denim and are sized across petite, misses and plus ranges, with fit and proportion adjusted by size category rather than treated as a single silhouette scaled up or down.
Retail pricing spans $89 to $119, with distribution across stores, e-commerce and catalog.
Marketing Approach
The campaign’s creator roster spans generations and includes Lucy Hernandez (@lucyswhims), Tomeka Crowe Cherry (@cherrypickedstyle) and Veronica Levy (@lombardandfifth), among other fashion voices contributing social content featuring what the brand describes as “real women” in the collection. Creative will run across J.Jill’s stores, digital channels, e-commerce site and direct mail.
SVP and CMO Kimberly Wallengren framed the expansion as a response to the difficulty many women face finding the right jean, noting that fit looks and feels different for every customer. She positioned the combination of expanded silhouettes, creator-led styling content and in-store fit specialists as an effort to make denim shopping feel more personal and approachable.
Retail Activation
To support the launch, J.Jill is running denim events in select markets, including its Columbus Avenue location in New York City on August 13, offering styling guidance and hands-on access to the new collection. More notably for the retailer’s roughly 250-store fleet, the company is training store associates chain-wide as denim fit specialists — a move that extends the campaign’s fit-focused messaging into the in-store experience rather than confining it to marketing content.
Context
The push signals denim as a category J.Jill is betting on for growth, leaning on its existing bestseller as a foundation while using influencer partnerships and staff training to broaden reach and reinforce a fit-differentiated position against competitors in the women’s apparel space