Jan. 20, 2011 -- Canadian college student Josh Le has redefined distressed denim by turning his own pair of jeans into a science experiment, wearing them for 15 months without washing them.

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 ...

Forget 10 years. Pre-ripped jeans, because that is what we are talking about, really — the kind of wear and tear that is artfully, or not so artfully, designed into denim, as opposed to the kind ...

When Bruce Springsteen’s denim-clad butt appeared on the cover of his 1984 album “Born in the USA,” the image evoked more than his Americanness or his sexiness. It established his working ...

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