The Week contest: Tattered fashion

This week's question: Balenciaga is selling "full destroyed" high-top sneakers — complete with scuffs, graffiti, and artfully placed tears — for $1,850 a pair. If the Paris fashion house were to launch an entirely new line of pricey, tattered clothing, what should it be called?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Wedding airline
RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "A Haute Mess"
Todd Trainer, Shillington, Pennsylvania
SECOND PLACE: "Ralph Low-rent"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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THIRD PLACE: "Jimmy Chewed"
Yasmine Robinson, Boston, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Euripides"
John J. Kalicki, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Botchy by Versace"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Yves Saint Lowrent'
Jon Lindsey, New York City, New York
"Prêt-á-Jeter"
Patrick Kinney, Redford, Michigan
"Sacks Fifth Avenue"
George Smith, Frederick, Maryland
"Hermèss"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"Vogueabond"
Matthew Lane, Emporia, Kansas
"Lulu's Lemons"
Jeff Morris, Alexandria, Virginia
"Oscar de la Grouch"
Jennifer Morris, Alexandria, Virginia
"French Frays"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts.
"Louis Vuittorn"
Matthew Schneeweiss, Far Rockaway, New York
"Oscar de la Rended"
Jane Frenke, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
"Holey Chic"
Kim Wilson, Houston, Texas
"Don't Ask"
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio
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