Shredding as a form of rebellion
By Ruth La Ferla | The New York Times | Updated: 2010-08-22 07:41
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Shredded jeans reflect a mood not unlike punk in the '70s and grunge in the '80s. All kinds of fashion wear, from coats to T-shirts to shoes, are being shredded. Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times |
At a glance there is not much glamour in a coat or T-shirt that seems to have been run through a paper shredder. But to Joie Reinstein, that diced and torn look, which she first glimpsed two years ago in a Rodarte fashion show, represented the tatty quintessence of chic.
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