Guys and saggy pants that show underwear! (work, color, men)

[Jaxson]

I don't care where it came from if more parents would stop their kids from leaving the house it would help. Our rule was underwear goes under your clothes so if we see it you aren't leaving. If our son were caught outside of home showing his underwear we heard about it and it was dealt with.

No it is not sexy and I get sick of seeing guys constantly pulling up their pants to walk. Or worse yet like they have to go pee.

[deerislesmile]

I resist the urge daily to cross the street or the parking lot and just yank up some kids (anyone younger than me-lol) pants and tighten the oft-attached belt. With some of them I wonder (seriously) how they manage to not fall down, with their legs all bound up in fabric like that. Aside from looking sloppy and dumb, there's the whole potential injury thing happening...

[MusicFreak]

I understand about the parents, but they could be doing it after they leave the house as well. I really hope a law would be passed or something. If they start handing out tickets for $50 a pop or so, I bet there'd be a decline.

[amberbaby27]

Ha ha have to laugh... What are those skinny young boys doing wearing skinny jeans and trying to "sag'em"? with a belt on!?!?! Makes no sense. It is such a fashion NO NO. I just laugh and shake my head...

[Cuisinette]

I don't like the fashion, no matter how cool it is.
Why call it "underwear" if it is in full view?

Same goes for the girls wearing low cut pants showing their g-strings, and the pant leg is so long they step on, from knee up they are modern and clean, and from knee down dirty with holes.

And some ladies are not really size 4, and that is not a pretty picture to see.

[fruitlassie]

Originally Posted by Humanoid

The baggy pants thing was cool to some degree with gangster wannabes when I was a teenager. But now, at least here in Southern California, it seems to be popular with many different sub-cultures. Tons of kids around here wear rather tight pants that are pulled down so most of their butt is showing (with underwear of course).

Yes, the "hipster"guys where I live (Berlin, Germany) wear jeans that are tight in the leg but saggy in the ass, making it look like they just took a dump. Add Converse All-Stars, a dorky visor, American Apparel track jacket and a keffiyeh (Palestinian scarf) and you too can be a complete walking cliche...

This article is a couple years old but still relevant, I think!

We're Nude York, Nude York! | The New York Observer

[yo vanilla]

One of the quickest way to separate the boys from the men is to look at the way they wear their pants

[msina]

"If you're Mama still drives you to school,.. you ain't no Gangsta! Pull your pants up!

[nononsenseguy]

Originally Posted by MusicFreak

I really need to know, what is up with that?! Why do some wear them soo darn low that you can see their butts sticking out? (Just saw this a few streets away and was like, why don't he just take the darn pants off!)
Is it comfortable? (how can it be?) And why did this start and where? I think a little bit of a sag is okay, top part of boxers showing, but OMG, the sights I have seen lately, I just shake my head. Isn't this almost indecent exposure? Someone explain to me what this is suppose to mean, or why you do it, IF you do. And, ladies... do you like this look? Do you feel it looks sexy? Just wondering...

My wife and I joke about this. "Buttcracks" are guys in construction (usually "handyman" types) that haven't a clue what they are doing. We are in the tile business. We see a lot of poor workmanship. We blame it on "buttcracks".

But as far as other people go, it's just plain sloppiness, as far as I'm concerned. Disgusting.

[BORGUSX]

Judge rules saggy pants law unconstitutional
Florida's fashion police put teen with low-riding pants behind bars



RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. - A judge has decided a law banning sagging pants in this town is unconstitutional after a teenager spent a night in jail on accusations he exposed too much of his underwear.

Julius Hart, 17, was charged last week after an officer said he spotted the teenager riding his bicycle with 4 inches to 5 inches of blue-and-black boxer shorts revealed.

Hart's public defender, Carol Bickerstaff, urged a judge Monday to strike down the sagging pants law, telling him: "Your honor, we now have the fashion police."


Circuit Judge Paul Moyle ruled that the law was unconstitutional based on "the limited facts" of the case. Technically, however, the charge hasn't been dropped yet: a new arraignment awaits Hart on Oct. 5.

Voters in Riviera Beach approved the law in March. A first offense for sagging pants carries a $150 fine or community service, and habitual offenders face the possibility of jail time.

Proposals to ban saggy pants are gaining ground in several places around the U.S., and have met with opposition from civil liberties advocates who say they will lead to racial profiling against young African-Americans. The fashion is believed to have started in prisons, where inmates are not given belts with their baggy uniform pants to prevent hangings and beatings. By the late 1980s, the trend had made it to gangster rap videos, then went on to skateboarders in the suburbs and high school hallways.

Bickerstaff said she wants the city to drop the law — regardless of whether anyone dislikes low-riding pants.

"The first time I saw this particular fashion, I disliked it," she told the judge. "And then I realized I'm getting old."


source: Judge: Saggy pants law is illegal - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com