A study in fashion (lesson 1)

The Pegged Pant

1. Pinch the hem of your jean tight around your ankle.
2.With your other hand, hold the extra material straight out from your ankle.
3.Fold the flap of material so that it lies flat, wrapping it around your ankle.
4. Roll the hem up twice and thats it. Pegged pants are back.

I was first introduced to this fashion move in 5th grade. A new 7th grader, Ryan, came to our one room country school and showed us hayseeds a few things. His mother lived IN the city and he had a brother in high school so we knew he was cool. I immediately started pegging. I never doubted its coolness.
It wasn't enough to peg the pant. I had to get a good one. Some mornings all I could get was a chunky looking roll with the hem of the jean in the wrong place. I would sometimes roll and re-roll the whole drive to school. Sometimes I didn't get a good one until the end of the day. My step mom learned it from watching me and she started helping me before sending me off to school.
PE was the worst because you could never run and keep the peg. After rounding first, I had to decide to stop and fix my jeans or go for that extra base. Imagine how many time outs were called for pegging. And once my jeans came undone, I really felt like a hippy in bell bottoms. It all was a little too complicated.
Then one Monday, Ryan came in with his pants all normal and shit. At recess, he looked down at my ankles an asked "You still doing that?" I undid the pegs behind a tree before going back inside. Pegged pants were out, just like that.