Fashion trends come and go but sagging pants with exposed underwear seems to have remained in vogue as an urban youth style for a remarkably long time. I’m thinking it’s got to be close to 20 years now.
What’s keeping it alive? From what I’ve seen of everyday kid wear on the streets it appears to be pretty much a black only thing. Is it different in large cities? Has it been embraced by fashion designers?
I’ve wondered the same thing. What I wonder about even more is when I see guys wearing pants that are too big without a belt and using one hand to hold them up. Wouldn’t you want to have full use of both your hands at all times?
That’s what I wonder also about women in Iran. The chador has no way to be attached and will slip right off if not held on by hand. If you need the use of both hands, you have to hold the chador in your teeth!
In my experience, the comically huge sagging jeans are going out of fashion in some places. Young, urban black males of my acquaintance (Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans) are mostly wearing slightly tighter pants. They still sit below the waist, and expose an inch or two of boxer shorts. This is typical: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gjavQY2Y1qzikspo1_1280.jpg
I also see a lot of the more trendy guys going for a “skater kid” look, whether or not they actually ride skateboards. This can include super tight jeans or pants that would be considered “normal” by your average white old person: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KO9WiTPbWtI/TsUb6YA2r_I/AAAAAAAAAdo/APw76nV6yQo/s1600/black%2Bskater%2Bkids.jpg
Heck, I’ve been expecting the girlfriends to kill this trend years ago.
“No way am I dating you. You’re to busy holding your pants up to hold hands/hug/snuggle…”
What one poster suggested and I find more and more appealing as time goes by is that youth fashions die when their parents start following them and no one over the age of 30 would be caught dead with sagging pants.
That’s typical of what I see too. Now granted Seattle’s urban culture is a little defective, but I very rarely see kids with those super baggy pants you used to see in the '90s.
What I do see occasionally are super saggy, super skinny jeans. That’s a million times worse than sagging baggy jeans.
So that answers it then. When I first read oreally’s post I was just confused. What in the world does racism have to do with wondering about sagging pants? I’m curious about sushi; does that mean people will think I hate those dirty Japs? :eek:
Who said anything about “a lot” or “all the time?”
Anyone who hasn’t noticed how criticizing minorities tends to bring out the race card nazis like ants at a picnic has probably been living under a rock for about oh the past 20-30+ years IMO.
Try re-reading the OP, esp the part where he states it’s a “black only thing.” This shouldn’t be so hard.
Uh huh, well here it is. I’ve bolded what I feel are the relevant sections. I see someone curious about the popularity of sagging pants and is reporting the anecdotal evidence that he has seen himself and is asking a larger segment of people for a better perspective.