You'd be surprised how versatile they are! Ripped jeans have been with us for many decades in a variety of iterations; they don't look to be going anywhere anytime soon. "Distressed jeans could be ...

A reader wonders if ripped jeans will ever go out of style. Our fashion critic offers insight into the future of distressed denim. By Vanessa Friedman Ripped jeans, which initially seemed to be a fad, ...

TRY AS YOU MIGHT, in fashion, you can’t outrun the past. Distressed jeans, a 1990s favorite among grunge disciples and then a trickle-down, suburban-mall trend for the next decade-plus, are rearing ...