Truth is, I never spotted a ghost when I was little so I'm not sure if this technique works, but I am about to try it now. You know how Katie Holmes has been wearing baggy, unflattering jeans and then pegging them tight and rolling them at the bottom? Do you remember doing this yourself, perhaps in 11th grade, and wearing them with untied Tretorns and a baggy v-neck sweater/rugby shirt?
Well, I would like to nip this terrifying situation in the bud: Ghost-of-my-junior-year-of-high-school style, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.
And here's the reason why: You are hideous. You did nothing to flatter my 16 year-old body and I can only imagine how you'll go on to humiliate my 35 year-old frame. You're like some cruel fashion joke—"Hey stylish people, purchase pants that don't fit you, frankendoctor them so they don't drag on the ground and in the process make your thighs look three times their original size!" Sign me up!
Anyway, I may have been too late with my exorcism. It's not just Katie anymore. I've now seen the pegging look on Rachel Bilson, Amanda Peet, in the J.Crew catalog and in a Lucky Mag blog. Also? People magazine last week called this situation a "hot trend."
Take it from someone who once thought she was psychic: We're doomed.
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