Remember the time you waited for your jeans to fray and get slightly worn so you could slash them and make them look trendy? Well, the next time ripped jeans were back in vogue, fashion designers had had strategically placed tears and shredding in jeans, cranked up prices and displayed them in fancy stores. Your grandmother would have gasped in horror to see you step out of the house in shoddy clothes but, as our filmstars prove, ripped or torn, the worn look is in. Just remember, don't cut across the breadth of your jeans - a subtle hole or tear is enough to give the distressed look. Like these jeans worn by our own Bollywood boys.
Teamed with a white T-shirt, blue distressed jeans are the perfect ensemble for a young man like Imran Khan headed out for a day-time event - very James Dean. Nice.
The T-shirt is a great fit for Sonu Sood, but the jeans look like he rummaged through his cupboard, pulled out an old pair from the 80s, slashed them himself and heaved a sigh of relief when they still fit. Too faded, a shade of blue too light and too narrow at the ankles, we suggest a shopping trip for a new pair of old looking jeans.
A black jacket over a black Tee is good, but the bottom half of John Abraham's attire leaves something to be desired. The jeans clearly need to be shortened and should have been paired with black boots. Plus the jeans have so many holes it looks like John's come straight from the battlefield.
Oops, looks like Hrithik Roshan ran into the same loose metal as Dino Morea and his right knee became a casualty. Though he is usually the personification of cool, ripped jeans for a promotional event - even if it is for underwear - is a little uncool. But we like the coordinated shirt and shoes.
Aamir Khan can make anything look casual - it's his style. So the ripped jeans lend themselves to his attitude and, oh look, there he is in his favourite pair of sneakers again!