"... slashing, which dates at least from the age of Henry VIII, can be an expression of subtle refinement and luxury, one that surely appealed to Christophe Decarnin, whose spring collection at Balmain highlighted a succession of beat-up-looking officer’s coats ripped to reveal not the brocades of Henry’s day but a rich underlayer of glistening gold mesh. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/fashion/12PARSONS.html
"Today ripped jeans, fraying shirts and laddered stockings stand in metaphorically for a disintegrating social climate, Katie Fleming, another student, noted. It is a trend, she said, that transcends mere clothing to become a metaphor for changing times and “a statement of personality.” "
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