Wear It - Ripping and Shredding

Oversized mid weight Paige denim shirt artificially "aged" with holes, rips and shredded areas. Looks very "worn in" but sufficiently aged to be classy fashion.

Cool over emphasised ripping and shredding as demonstrated by two of the best brands for on trend denim and jeans. Just click the images to access their sites.

Alexander McQueen £1,285

True Religion Liv Relaxed Skinny $319

Either extreme high end or high street denim fashion, both demonstrate a different side to the trend. The Diesel example is super creative and has "I want it now" written all over it. Can we persuade Diesel to make these for women? Whilst the Zara girls culottes are none the less desirable given their discrete hem shredding.

Zara Frayed Denim Culottes £19.99

Diesel Buster 0853D £860

Wear It - Ripping and shredding

Worn and torn areas on jackets are harder to pass off as heavy duty wear but when carefully placed they can take on the attitude of a design.

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How to fringe denim : Slice up in equal thin strips about ½ cm-1cm wide from the hem of your skirt or waistcoat to approx. 10 cms. Keep it neat and clean. Machine a line of stitching across the top of the fringe line to prevent tearing. Trim the fringes straightacross the bottom.

How to fray denim : Cut across the weft of the fabric. Shred away the weft threads from the warp to the desired length of fraying. To prevent any further fraying machine stitch across the top of the frayed edge and heated with scissors across the bottom of the frayed edge.

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Below are some great high street and high end examples of the trend.

American Eagle £29

Naked and Famous

Denim & Supply, Ralph Lauren

Open up bigger holes at the knees and thighs of oversized worn jeans to show your skinny legs beneath. Only use non stretch jeans for such style modifications. Even cut larger chunks of denim instead of shredding the weft away from the warp threads.

Commercially available examples of the trend. All are simple and wearable and more discrete than some previous examples. Just click on the image to access their sites.

Zara £39.99

Abercrombie & Fitch £150

Zara £39.99