FASHION

Don’t get all ripped, spare jeans the tears

The blogger Gitta Banko, left, and the actress Camila Morrone, right, are wearing the look seen at Paris Fashion Week
The blogger Gitta Banko, left, and the actress Camila Morrone, right, are wearing the look seen at Paris Fashion Week

Punks styled them with studded leather in the Seventies; Nineties grunge kids paired theirs with plaid shirts. Prince Harry posed in his for the 2021 Sussex family Christmas card — with bare feet.

That wasn’t enough to drive them out of fashion for good: ripped jeans are back this spring. But forget the versions worn by rebels and rogue royals: the iterations favoured in fashionable circles now come only in blue or white, baggy — and with only one slash per leg. Say hello to the barely ripped jean.

The It-girl and supermodel Gigi Hadid wears them. So does the pop star Katy Perry. This week they have been spotted on the red carpet at the Canneseries television festival and on VIPs attending the Californian