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Baggy pants? I don't think so!

Chicago town passes anti-sagging law

Baggy pants

Remember that scene in Clueless where a line of teen boys amble along aimlessly in their baggy, butt-cleavage-revealing pants to the tune of Radiohead's 'My Iron Lung'? Cher Horowitz, our famed and lovable valley girl protagonist, moans, "So okay, I don't want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don't get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair - ew - and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we're expected to swoon? I don't think so."

If Cher were real and lived in Lynwood, Chicago, I think she'd be very happy with the city's new legislation.

According to a new ordinance, anyone wearing baggy pants - and showing three or more inches of their underwear - in public will be fined US$25.

The town's mayor, Eugene Williams, has pinned the problem on 'young men,' whose pants-dropping habits "keep major retailers and economic development away."

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Posted 21 Jul 2008 by Kenny
So what if guys wear baggy pants? like as if YOU care or anyone else cares. if guys like baggy then they shall wear baggy  Report thisReport this

Posted 21 Jul 2008 by Minou
Fascists!  Report thisReport this

Posted 21 Jul 2008 by Raj
Freedom of Expression - My Foot!! Express your freedom Without Being Obnoxious! Go strip inside your home or in some nudist beach to the lascivious adulation of your fellow free expressionists. You can bare not just a few inches but all of your ass! Just remember we still have a very fair segment that believes there is a time and place for everything. And dont you offend their feelings!!  Report thisReport this

Posted 21 Jul 2008 by Tookie
The only reason why stupid teens wear baggy pants is for their own style etc. but the real reason for the baggy pants look is in lock-up it gives easy access. So when someone is wearing sagging baggy pants it's an invite for someone to take advantage. BTW they should ban fat chicks from wearing tight clothing so that I don't get blinded by the rolls of fat.  Report thisReport this

Posted 21 Jul 2008 by SHAMAN
I had a young guy come into my shop and his pants were hanging down as is the latest "fashion"..... His white jocks had a decidedly yellowish brown stain in the wrong spot.... a dirty big skid mark on his duds... and he thought he looked SOOO cool... His friends were with him and they didnt seem concerned?..... well apparently soiled underwear is fashionable as well or at the least considered acceptable..... laughable really...  Report thisReport this

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