Fashion: All the trimmings

In the hands of the world's most innovative designers, denim casts off its rugged, utilitarian image - the Chanel logo certainly never made it to Walton Mountain. This season's denim comes faded, torn and tattered, or dark, crisp and sharp, and appliqued with everything from rhinestones to feathers

Opposite page: jeans with feather pocket detail, pounds 1,840, by Gucci, 18 Sloane Street, London SW1, 33 Old Bond Street, London W1, enquiries 0171 235 6707. This page: denim apron, pounds 300, faded denim patchwork jeans, pounds 120, denim pocket purse, pounds 48, by Martin Margiela, from Browns, 23-27 South Molton Street, W1, enquiries 0171 491 7833, and Pollyanna, 14 Market Hill, Barnsley, enquiries, 01226 291 665

Denim wide-leg trousers with embroidery, pounds 145, by Seraph from Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, London W1, enquiries 0171 331 1433