Tight rolled pants

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Tight rolled jeans.

Tight rolled pants was a fad of the 1980s and early 1990s in which girls and boys would tight-roll the bottoms of their jeans or any pants that they wore. On full length pants tight rolling is performed by taking up the slack around the ankles at the hem of the pants, folding the extra material over and then rolling upwards 2 or 3 times over. A proper tight-roll should have the extra material folded inward across the lower shin. The use of safety pins was key to a good roll, but to the experienced tight roller they can be achieved without them.

Tight-rolled pants are occasionally seen today among scene or youth culture people and are sometimes referred to as French rolled pants.^{[citation needed]} It can also be referred to as "pegged" or "pegging" your pants.

This fad is thought to be originated by the fashion icon, Cameron Cole, who was best known for his work with the New Kids on the Block.^{[citation needed]}. Edward Norton was one of the first adopters of the trend. However, he quickly dropped the practice when all of his friends stopped talking to him because he looked like such a tool.