A reader asks how to learn to live with distressed denim, a trend that shows no sign of letting up.
I am perplexed by the ripped jeans looks. What initially seemed to be a fad has now been popular for at least 10 years. Women wear them to dinner in upscale restaurants, as well as for doing yard work. Will this ever end? Is there an age limit? And if not, how do you wear ripped jeans with style?— Connie, Marblehead, Mass.
According to Glenn Martens, the creative director of Diesel, when Renzo Rosso, the brand’s founder, introduced distressed denim back in the 1980s — “distressed” meaning ripped, faded and otherwise
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