Why did everyone roll up the bottoms of their jeans in the 50's?

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

*Originally posted by bordelond *
**Seems there was a lot of that pants-rolling going on in the early- to mid-80s, too. It was a little different than it was in the 50s – you pinched in the hem to make it fairly tight against your leg, THEN you rolled it up. **

I always thought that was a retro thing. Not that the people who did it were trying to be honest to God 50’s style “hodads”, but that punk music fans were trying evoke that 50’s rock look. Come to think of it, the 80’s is when straight leg jeans came back in style for men.