One of my favorite blogs, If I Owned a Boutique, highlights a woman from Paris who relocated the buttons on a pair of shorts, creating an interesting tulip shape that made me wince in pleasure.Passe silhouettes like pleat-front pants in larger sizes aren't usually a terrible rarity in your local thrift store. I love the idea of giving what I consider to be one of the cornerstones of tragic plus-sized fashion, the pleated pant, an effortless makeover into such an urbane, graceful centerpiece. I'll be on the lookout for a pair to transform myself!