# How are you supposed to wear baggy sweatpants? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936 "2014-11-06T22:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/21 "2014-11-09T21:02:42Z")
After some searching, I found that apparently, there is a type of sweatpants called “[drop crotch sweatpants](https://www.google.com/search?q=drop+crotch+sweatpants&tbm=isch)” that have been trendy the last couple years. They look like a tamer version of the harem pants from the '80s. They are meant to be worn low-waisted for the MC Hammer/I-am-wearing-a-diaper look. I am guessing that the bigger brands were inspired by this trend. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/22 "2014-11-09T21:09:47Z")
Pull them up over your beer gut, fasten. Presto! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/23 "2014-11-09T21:17:37Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Sweat pants should be pulled up as high as the material will allow, especially if they are to be worn outside the house. Moose knuckle/camel toe should typically be evident when sweats are worn properly. > > Any shirt should be tucked tightly in to the sweatpants. Wear them up to your armpits, old-people style. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/24 "2014-11-09T21:27:31Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Pull them up over your beer gut, fasten. Presto! I was thinking that possibly my lack of gut was my undoing. I considered that maybe people could not relate to the issue because when you have a 40" waist there is no extra fabric on your size small sweatpants. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/25 "2014-11-09T21:49:23Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Pull them up over your beer gut, fasten. Presto! This may be a serious answer: these garments may be meant for people whose proportions skew large, and who find the excess fabric makes them fit comfortably, not “baggy” as you describe them. ---
**Author:** ![DeweyDecibel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DeweyDecibel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeweyDecibel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/26 "2014-11-09T22:09:59Z")
Buy a new pair a size or two smaller. There’s a difference between “roomy” (good, when dealing with sweatpants) and “baggy to the point of discomfort”. Too many people wear clothes that don’t fit them then complain about the fit. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/27 "2014-11-09T23:58:11Z")
With suspenders and a belt! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/28 "2014-11-10T00:32:10Z")
Tuck the cuffs into your [tube socks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740076), and loop the waist’s drawstring over the back of your head to the back of your neck like a halter. Simple, huh. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/29 "2014-11-10T00:35:04Z")
> [@DeweyDecibel](#): > > Buy a new pair a size or two smaller. There’s a difference between “roomy” (good, when dealing with sweatpants) and “baggy to the point of discomfort”. Too many people wear clothes that don’t fit them then complain about the fit. When you are already at small, there is none smaller! 😃 Seriously, I am tall and average weight, but svelte. I am already picking the smallest size available that does not look like I am wearing capri pants. If you look at the photos I linked to of the “drop crotch” sweatpants, you can see that it is a problem of design. Even when the waist fits as it should, the crotch is low. It seems that some people just like that look. > [@DingoelGringo](#): > > With suspenders and a belt! Well, duh. And always with an onion. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936/30 "2014-11-10T02:05:32Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Let’s dial back the heat a bit, it’s not really a topic that should be spurning on a hot, snarky argument. Spurring on, not spurning on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-baggy-sweatpants/703936.md?page=1)