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Department stores and luxury brands may be posting dismal sales, but that didn't stop French designer-of-the-moment Christophe Decarnin from selling out of the prohibitively priced $2,165 ripped and bleached jeans he designed for Balmain. Save yourself some dough and just get out the Clorox and scissors.