OK, I know for the past several years, it’s been kind of fashionable for the young guys, especially the African-American kids to wear the much-too-big pants with the waistband kind of low, the better to show off the oh-so-fashionable boxer shorts with the waistband pulled up to the level of the ribcage.
Lately, howver, the boys seem to be taking the look to a new extreme. I am now seeing guys with the waistband of the pants below the butt. Kind of makes me wonder how they walk. This look is particularly hilarious when combined with the one=pantleg-rolled-up-as-though-you-accidently-wandered-away-from-your-Masonic-initiation look.
At this point, wouldn’t the kids be just as well off to dispense with the pants altogether? I mean, once they aren’t even partially covering the butt, don’t they just become an accessory that constitutes more of a tripping hazard than a fashion statement?
(BTW, Thea is grateful that the lipliner-with-no-lipstick look is finally going out of style- she was getting tired of women going around looking as though they rushed out of the house without finishing their makeup.)
The jeans I’m wearing right now are that different from the jeans I wore 20 years ago. They just arn’t stiff as a board when I buy them and come in a shade of blue that, back then you had to own them for a year before they got that color.
From MST3K
Pants!
Pants!
Sing the praises of PANTS!
nothing better shows your taste
then what you wear below your waist.
This brought to mind the funniest image I saw awhile ago…
I took an American Legal Systems course, and we went to observe juvenile court. They are allowed to go into court wearing their own clothes, but belts are probhibited. This boy walked into the courtroom with his hands in front of him in handcuffs, and had to hold up his pants with this pinkies…bet that made a great impression on the judge.
I’m up for some radical new alternative to pants. I never wear 'em at home, but I keep them close at hand in case someone comes to the door. Sure, the pockets are handy, but the waistband seems always to fall in a spot where I end up getting a stomachache from them. I need to look into these new low-rise numbers.
[old guy voice] When I was a kid, boxer shorts were what “old men” wore. Along with “wife-beater” tank-top-style t-shirts.[old guy voice]
Seriously, though. No guy in his right mind wore boxers unless he wanted to get laughed all the way home.
Mr. Blue, that’s true. I used to laugh at my father. I’m 40 and I’ve tried the boxer route but, just can’t get used to all the bunching up. I use the tidy-whities or nothing at all. I’ll hang out in boxers or sleep in them, but that’s using them like regular shorts. Just me.
Yes, I’m familliar with belts. I’ve got one one right now. I just don’t see how they can wear their pants lo low and be comfortable, and still keep it up, even with a belt.
This kid and his buddy get on the metro. It was during a heat wave, so the kid had his shirt completely undone. His pants were low, exposing the waistband of his (cheap brand) boxer-briefs. And those were low, too. I totally wanted to say, “Um, excuse me? Hi! I can see your pubes, kid.”
What’s really stupid looking, is when they ride their bikes. In order to sit, the butt has to come completely out of the pants, which puts the crotch area at their knees. So the legs of the jeans are all bunched up next to the pedals of the bike.
