Denim Trend - Ripped Jeans

Here is an interesting and some might say unwelcome trend that was spotted on the S/S 08 catwalks - ripped jeans. The faded, ripped jeans above from the Christopher Kane S/S 08 show are giving me serious 80s flashbacks whilst the ones below from the Maison Martin Margiela S/S 2008 show are actually more rip than denim.