Illustration: Jonathan Carlson

You know how denim companies artfully "distress" jeans with, like, sandpaper and bleach? So not exploitative! We much prefer French clothier A.P.C.'s new Butler Worn Out line, for which every whisker, stain, tear and ass-fade was created by an actual human body, walking around and wearing them out. Distressing!

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