@wheresmymojo 
. I hadn't considered this. I don't own any ripped jeans, but if I'm ever thinking of doing so, I will have this idea in my head until the end of time!
@Floisme is a wise one though. I think it's as she says.
HOWEVER, there are people like me and some other pps, who deliberately try to avoid following fashion for whatever reason that might be. In my case, I have a small / dare I say 'minimalist' wardrobe. So I try not to buy anything obviously trendy. So I go with straight leg jeans, which I find fairly classic / some would say bland. Skinnies, balloon shapes, mom jeans, flares, I would say are more 'extreme' shapes. So I avoid those in the same way I avoid very puffy sleeves or oversized collars etc. I don't want to have to change my clothes when the wind changes, so I try not to keep up with fashion. Although, minimalism does seem to be de rigueur at the moment, so maybe I'm a bit more trendy than I thought. But that is entirely accidental, as it is just something I believe in.
Also, sometimes, you do end up wearing What Everyone Else Does, without really noticing. I always thought of Breton as the only classic print. I don't have any other prints in my wardrobe at all, but I have one Breton tee, which I thought was a classic basic. But someone pointed out that it actually was a trend a while ago too? I didn't notice, but I probably was following fashion a bit there, by accident.