Pinroll: Roll up your jeans and make your crew socks shine
Now that you've found the perfect socks to take your style to the next level, but your jeans are so long that they hide the socks? Here's how you can use pinrolling or cuffing to showcase your socks.
What the hell is pinrolling?
Supposedly, pinrolling has been around since the 50's, stemming from the working class. Jeans had to be functional and were often passed down from old to young. To make sure the pants fit the new owner, they were simply rolled up. What was practical back then is now a conscious styling decision and adds a certain casualness to your look.
Pinrolling
Both pinrolling and cuffing are about rolling up your pant legs to the desired length. Pinrolling tapers the pant leg, making it narrower at the bottom. Rolling up creates distance between shoe and pant leg, giving socks room to work.
Cuffing
Cuffing is the simpler method. Because with cuffing, the pants are simply rolled up straight while maintaining a straight cut. So cuffing looks very casual.
What looks are suitable for pinrolling or cuffing?
Jeans and chinos are best suited. Suit pants are usually too formal. The cut of the pants should be either straight or narrow. Cuts that taper downward are especially good.
The look can be combined from smart casual to casual - meaning everything from leather shoes to sneakers is allowed here.
And how do I pinroll correctly?
- Take the inside seam of the pants
- Fold off the excess material at the inner seam
- Hold the fold with one hand
- Roll up the hem two to three times
Check here for a quick video tutorial on pinrolling.
This will create the desired space between pants and shoes that will make your socks visible. How many times you roll them up depends on how much space you want to create between the pants and the shoe.