NYC fashion’s in tatters as frugal distressed duds trend haute-s up — with Prada now charging $8K for an ‘antiqued’ jacket

Source: New York Post

Logan Troyer is a damsel in distress.   The trendy Brooklynite, however, isn’t some cursed princess locked away in a tower — but rather one in a growing host of outré NYC tastemakers who prefer wearing their rips, splits and spills on their sleeves. As the soaring cost of making a statement forces fashionistas to be more clever about how they assemble their head-turning looks, punkish pioneers are putting the distressed look front and center — a haute swing away from the immaculately made to the messy and mangled.