You’ve found yourself with a perfectly pristine pair of jeans, and your next order of business is to breathe a little life and personality into them. Distressing jeans is obvi the natural choice.

Master the designer distressed denim look and forget about paying astronomical amounts for designer duds again. James Martinez, a local fashion designer who was featured on "Project Runway," has some ...

I'm sure you've all heard it from your mom when you were younger: “Why are you spending money on jeans that are already ripped?!” But there’s just something about the look of distressed denim that’s ...

When it comes to buying jeans, distressed denim can sometimes serve as the ultimate catch-22. Despite ripped holes, shredded seams, and — cough, cough — less fabric, chances are your heart will still ...

“Why do you want to distress a perfectly good pair of jeans?” a sensible person might ask. Although you’re no longer an early teen eager to express yourself, there’s no better way to showcase who you ...

Soon the fashionistas will fashion a new craze to replace the craze for distressed jeans. I imagine pants modeled after tuxedo trousers: black with a black satin stripe down the sides and with neat ...

A reader asks how to learn to live with distressed denim, a trend that shows no sign of letting up. By Vanessa Friedman I am perplexed by the ripped jeans looks. What initially seemed to be a fad has ...

Jeans have been around since Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss teamed up in the late 1800s to bring functional, lasting pants to men. When they became unsightly and worn-through at the knees, the wearer ...

HAMBURG (dpa) – In recent years, jeans have been in the fashion doghouse. They remained popular for casual wear, but were off the catwalks and unseen in glossy fashion magazines. But that has changed.