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Distressed Paris Sneakers by Balenciaga ...  

On Porsche cars, you have to pay more money for the "lightweight" versions. Where they remove the radio and the air conditioner (and even the door handles) to save weight. Here, they charge you more money for something more "'distressed."

Harrods sells these shoes. A shopper buys these shoes and probably pays 1000 Pounds for them along with an outfit to complement the shoes. Client comes back the next day to Harrods and does some more shopping at the same department store in his "grungiest... 

and not farfetched

Ok...how much? ;-)

And the best part... If they weren't distressed, they'd cost less! Surprised the shoes are made in China! I would think they were made in Italy or Spain, and then distressed in China!

Like making artificial Christmas trees.

The workers are probably wondering, "who in the world would want this?"

a woman came in with a pair of her husband's shoes he had asked her to return (he was probably to embarrassed). Honest to God they looked almost as bad as these, the kicker was she said he had only worn them "once".

I'm assuming they weren't sold "distressed" when new...

That's too bad... Definitely some people take way too much advantage of a returns policy. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but goodness, some people are awful!

wear it to the party and return it the next day claiming it has never been worn.

I met a lady who did that with jewelry. Very unfortunate.

...is an inside joke : )

You can't dress trashy till you spend a of money.

Who buys these things?

lining up for them.

Perhaps it can be matched with distressed rolex