Hats Off !!!

[Leon]

Around 1995

Gotta say that is NOT > attractive, especially if the underwear is dirty.

Explain that to those that like it.

[Lee Michaels]

"Casper" wrote

The loose pants thing was something carried over from prison. They did not allow belts as a security measure. And since a lot of young guys went to prison, it became a "fashion" thing among young folks.

Which is totally strange. Of all the things to emulate, prison garb?

[Ed Pawlowski]

It is for you and I, but not so much in the tough neighborhoods. A large percentage of the population has been in prison. For some, it is seen as a cool "rite of passage" because you did some serious fun stuff. Whole different mentality.

I read once that 25% of the population spends some time in jail in their lives. On my street it may be 0% so that means on some other street it is probably 90%.

The US also has the highest incarceration rate at 757 per 100,000. Canada 117 Russia 577

[Casper]

Doesn't surprise me anymore where fads come from, only that so many people fall into them. That gets into the discussion over what is and is not considered a fad. Wearing a ballcap at an angle is a fashion fad, at least to me. IMO it defeats the purpose of the hat/brim.

[Casper]

Has it been that long?

If I could do that, I'd be so persuasive I could do anything.

[Larry Kraus]

I always found that to be a weird style. It's hard to run or move quickly when your pants' crotch is at your knees - and this style was most popular in neighborhoods where you really should be ready to run...

[Puckdropper]

Larry Kraus wrote in news:P949x.24470$ [e-mail]:

Sometimes that kind of thing makes it "cooler" or makes them feel tougher. "Look at me, I'm so tough I intentionally make it harder to run."

Puckdropper

[Bill]

Didn't you want to project an image of being "tough" when you were an adolescent? I agree, prison garb seems strange, unless the people you look up to are incarcerated...