There was a time when a scuffed hem or a faded seam meant that a garment had reached the end of its life. Not anymore! This season, the fashion world has decided that looking lived-in is the ultimate flex, and luxury houses are charging a premium for it. Think of cracked leather, sun-bleached denim, frayed edges! Basically all that was once deemed as wear and tear is now being engineered, styled and sold as the height of desirability. Welcome to the era of distressed luxury, where the more a piece looks like it survived a decade in your closet, the more it costs.
