"A massive hit from the 1980's - early 90's, this type of jeans slowly seemingly to come back into the
modern fashion statement of the latest decade along with the '1980's return' retro craze. - Alternatively today in the modern world of fashion, casually worn by many celebrities, & 'people who can pull them off' relying on the additional clothing. they generally can either look 'REALLY GOOD', OR 'REALLY BAD'. A pair of pre-torn jeans can be bought varying from almost any
price range, some extending to far beyond the average purchase price. For instance, a normal pair of Gucci jeans that had been distressed, ripped and covered with African beads, when they debuted in October 1998 in Milan, were priced at $3,134.
You will notice that Good designer brands such as Diesel,
G-star, Replay,
Vivienne Westwood etc. all include into some of their range a slight tattered pre-torn/pre-ripped effect usually found amongst the higher paid jeans for their brands but can vary.
Example:
old school "Ripped Jeans" - An 80's swag jeans, a top casual style of
jean within fashion (but if over-done with the wrong clothing will look terrible or if self-torn you're a
joker for even walking
out the front door).