Are you distressed by distressed clothing?

My family will soon take advantage of our state’s tax-free weekend for clothing and school supplies, but none of our hard-earned money will go for distressed clothing.

Coincidentally, none of the money we spend at the food court will purchase pre-chewed burritos. Call us rebels.

Silly me, I had assumed that America’s fascination with faded/torn/threadbare clothing would be a passing fad; but it seems to have settled in as the New Abnormal, along with backwards baseball caps, droopy pants and calling an inaccurate weathercaster “literally Hitler.”

Sure, I save worn-out jeans and sneakers for la...