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#1 ·
So what is the deal with these? I went by the local skate park the other day and all the kiddies are wearing them. I had to google this to figure out what the fuck they were even called. When did this even happen? Can't they just sag their jeans like we did in the 90s? I sound like an old fogie saying that, I guess, but whatever.

For those that don't know what I'm talking about, Google image it. Here's one:

 
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#13 ·
...Far Out!!! Groovy!!!


LOL!
 
#22 ·
So does this mean that Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer were ahead of their time in fashion? And here I always just thought they were being ridiculous for the sake of being ridiculous. I guess I really just don't understand fashion at all.
 
#23 ·
You know they say that as you get older, you lose the ability to adapt to new styles and fashions. And that most people stop trying to keep up with fashion in your 30s.

What you see your folks wearing (and think looks uncool), is what was cool when they were in their 30s. Back even further, high waisted slacks and fedoras were popular and thats what the oldtimers wear now.

So this is my sticking point I guess. I refuse to follow trendy fashion if it includes this, and I am fairly certain that to these dropcrotch wearing teens, i look like an old fart whatever i think looks good.


Dammit, getting old.
 
#78 ·
Damn I've turned 30 a few years early. I'll wear skinnies since I'm a twig but there is no way in hell I'd think about touching those. Then again I wouldn't be caught with half my ass hanging out of my pants.

Is it just me or does it look like that dude took a dump in his stretch skinnies and now he's walk'n all funny trying to figure out what the hell just happened.
 
#27 ·
I don't know if this is true but I heard the baggy pants and sagging pants fashion came from prison.

Inmates not allowed to wear belts thus some pants sagging. I've also heard that having one pant leg up identified certain gang members since all the inmates are in uniform. When these people were released they kept the fashion as a statement showing they did their "time" and "proud of it".

As a result, those who know inmates started to mimick the same fashion to associate themselves with the person to identify with them. Eventually, the trend caught on and now it's turned into teens who just want to make a rebellious statement.

Again, not sure how much of this is truth. I agree this fashion is one of the most ridiculous things ever and I even thought so when I saw it in highschool during the 90's, however, we were all young once and I'm sure a lot of us did things that were ridiculous in our parent's eyes. Personally, I made potatoe cannons with steel pipes and gasoline. I "outgrew" potatoe cannons before deciding to venture into making ones using propane.
 
#30 ·
...however, we were all young once and I'm sure a lot of us did things that were ridiculous in our parent's eyes.
Haha, back in the earl 90s, in a conservative little Swiss valley, mother went nuts when I began to combine the neat skirts she bought me (and I always denied to wear) with long woolen socks and Docs boots and shaved half of my long hair :rolleyes:
 
#28 ·
No Guy outgrows Potato Cannons!!!!!!!
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#47 ·
I had JNCO and Zonz back in grade school (the 1991-1999 1st through 8th was my age group) and I'm glad the trend is to skinny stretch pants now. They work way better than the baggies of the 90s though I still have baggy and skinny outerwear.

Slouchies, or whatever they're called, look f'cking sweet ... I'm definitely going to adopt this trend so I can, as shredlife so eloquently stated, flag down other flamers in large groups of people.

The worst style, IMO, was the the boot cut AE/Abercrombie/Hollister/Gap etc. fad of 1999 through mid 2000's. At least they were low-rise so they didn't look completely goofy.
 
#48 ·
The worst style, IMO, was the the boot cut AE/Abercrombie/Hollister/Gap etc. fad of 1999 through mid 2000's. At least they were low-rise so they didn't look completely goofy.

Those are still in in most places (and countries). That's cowboy style bro. bootcut straight leg ftw. Not too thin, not too fat.

Nothing worse than seeing fat (or even thick muscled) people in skinny jeans.

It's like seeing huge 250lb weight lifters wearing those small white sneaker shoes (euro style). They look like the elephants from Fantasia.
 
#49 ·
I get why farmhands and dudes who wear boots or work shoes wore boot cuts but every suburban kid was rocking them at the turn of the century with their Doc Martens. And the flares kept getting wider and wider to the point of ridiculousness. I dunno, I always found my straight legs and tapers did fine with my Wolverines at work.
 
#50 ·
As a recovering college frat boy, yeah, what those brands referred to as "bootcut" in the early/mid-2000's was really more of a "bellbottom". I'd challenge anyone to dig up a pair of their dad's jeans from circa 1977, and match them with a pair of A&F "bootcut" jeans from 2001. I bet they're the exact same.

But there's nothing wrong with a traditional bootcut, a la Levi's 527.
 
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