DMs...

Okay, so I've been ranting and raving about DMs ever since seeing some little Italian fashionista in a pair during Fashion Week and then I see this image from the Vice Global Trend Report and I'm like, okay - so you never know if they mean it or not, but hell - I can see it (a shame, since DMs don't seem to be able to see it at all, currently only stocking in one store in Camden and one camping store on Charing Cross road) but hey... I was always a monkey boots girl, but damn - I'm liking this look. Bring back the Seudeheads I say; it's all about the roll-up (alright, pin tuck Sniper) and an unlaced boot... yum.

I said it once....

... and I'll say it again.
Yep, with the continued resurgence and heavy referencing of the early nineties in everything that is 'youth culture', I'm ever so happy to report the return of the 'pin-roll'. Otherwise known as the 'pin tuck' method of turning up one's trouser leg to create a tapering effect of varying proportions. The pin roll technique was popular in that period, and grew inline with the widened audience for and influence of dancehall and ragga music. Ragga stars such as Shabba Ranks were well reknowned for their tastes in ridiculously baggy pants that required an especially adpated roll up method in order to prevent them dragging under the backs of shoes (a very popular style being commonly known as 'raggas' were a very slimline low profile desert boot). Hence, the pin roll was worn and influence it did. Maxi Priest and Shabba can be seen in full pin roll tapered pant glory in the video for 'House Call'... a classic if ever there were one!