Trend Direction: RIPPING AND SHREDDING

May 16, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close Up - Distressed and Shredding

Old holed indigo rough cotton sweater. Looks more cool with damage than without.

Super hairy cut loop effect. Controlled fraying in chenille ridges looks like a knit. Strips of denim sewn together, all frayed creates a crazy unusual look.

Even sewn together as a giant herringbone effect serves as inspiration.

Trend Direction: RIPPING AND SHREDDING

May 10, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close Up - Super Distressing

Cobweb layers. Gossamer muslin ripped and layered over plain and striped denim completed with over stitching for added intrigue. A bit too much in my opinion but in a simple Japanese style such an effect could look interesting.

Heavily ripped throughout the front legs of this jean. May be a bit aggressive but in combination with the heavy stonewash in a mens style it looks pretty good especially for a summer season beach side casual look.

Below is an equally distressed and destroyed front of jean but the difference here is that each destroyed area has been backed with a darker denim shade. If this were to be done at home you need to make sure that the weight of the denim is similar to that of the jean and if it is stretch that the stretch is of a similar extension to that of the jean itself.

A creative interpretation of ripping with resination and heavy tinting around the edges of the rips. In combination with some interesting repair and patching the effect is a more expensive and creative result.

TREND: Ripping and Shredding

May 2, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Hand-made, hand-destroyed, torn and shredded. Make every item unique. Show the torn edges, and the body beneath. Layered pigmented textures, nubby yarns and drawn threads create added texture. Deconstructed frayed jeans combined with a frayed artisan scarf edge is a feature - a scarf for the legs. No longer is ripping and shredding regarded as ugly or tatty, it is now an artistic creative take on the worn-in appeal of the jean. The DIY jean makes a personal lasting statement in a world of fast "off the shelf" fashion.