Project Runway’s venerable mentor and fashion maven Tim Gunn, who recently got his own show on Bravo, has weighed in on the recent, bizarre jeans trend started by Scientolowife Katie Holmes. This is the wretched trend of pegging and rolling the pantlegs of your jeans. Those of us who lived through this trend in the 80s are still shuddering at the memories- many of them captured in blackmail photos that will no doubt find their way into the hands of our children. Gunn is equally baffled by this re-emerging trend.

Tim Gunn is never shy about his opinions on Project Runway — calling a dress a “pterodactyl out of a gay Jurassic Park” isn’t exactly holding back. And when PEOPLE talked to the debonair fashion expert at the Tide and Downy Total Care Launch Party, he expressed his disapproval of Katie Holmes’s recent penchant for fall’s new baggy jeans. “I have to say, Katie Holmes has become so much more sophisticated in so many ways, but I think she’s in a dip right now. I can’t explain it.” Gunn actually sees the adaptation of the new look as a move back towards her younger look, saying “She ascended from this tomboyish waif look to an incredible sexy sophisticate. We realize how much style she’s capable of. I don’t get it.” But for those of us who are digging Katie’s baggy look (also spotted on Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston), Gunn does give us hope. “With the right shape, it can work very well.”

[From People]

I agreed with Tim right up until that last sentence- NOBODY looks good in pegged jeans. Except maybe hobos. I am mystified by all the horrid 80s trends that are being resurrected- mostly by people who are too young to know better. While school shopping for my daughter, I’ve seen leg warmers, oversize sweaters, and polo shirt dresses- all staples from my days in middle school. All of them are hideous, but the pegged jean takes the cake. This is a trend that should have stayed dead, and I hope that women don’t blindly follow this handful of misguided celebs. Ladies- it’s not a good look.

Katie Holmes is shown out in NY on 8/23/08. Credit: Fame Tim Gunn is shown below on 3/17/08 and in the header bubble on 1/10/07. Credit: PRPhotos.