It's nice to find out that suspicions you have that some folks are idiots have been confirmed. Such is the case with those who wear goofy clothing. Young folks have always worn fashions that adults disdained. Comes with the rebellion of growing up. But the clothing today is in the Alice In Wonderland realm. Makes you wonder if youngsters know the history of these fashions.
Let's take the baggy tops and bottoms. This hip-hop disaster came from street gangs. The ridiculous baggy drawers and loose tops serve well to hide weapons. And, they're really handy when you go on a shoplifting spree, to hide your purloined goods. So, if that's the image you're trying to project, a lowlife piece of gang filth, hang in there Numbnutz. You're gettin' it done.
Then there's the incredible pants-half-down-shorts-and-az-showing look. Besides being the silliest style ever witnessed, it has to be the most aggravating to wear. Constantly hoisting your drawers so you don't trip on them has to be a pain in the azz. Literally.
Now comes the sweet part, where this style began. Before jail inmate's prison attire became the jumpsuit, prisoner's wore regular shirts and trouser's. This was without a belt, that having been taken away to prevent suicides. Hence, prisoner's usually had droopy drawers. But, some prisoner's dropped theirs much lower for another reason. It was a signal to other inmates that they were sissy boys looking for a "husband" or mate. Advertising.
Is that what the young folks of today are doing? Advertising to be a rump ranger's squeeze?
Let's hope they're just ignorant of history and don't realize where the style came from. However, to me, anyone who walks around showing their skivvy drawers is already halfway up Humpback Mountain.
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