Boys and girls, sittin’ in a tree
K.I.S.S.I.N.G
First comes the mods,
Then comes the hippies,
Then comes the saggy pant guys with their undies on display.
Criminology and Fashion; two words that - to most - seem completely separate. I am here to tell you that, like the rhyme above, fashion can be linked to moral panics and crime. In my legal studies lecture yesterday we looked at a fashion trend that I’m sure you have all seen: the saggy pants.
Interestingly enough this fashion ‘trend’ actually came from the prisons. The inmates aren’t allowed belts for fear they will commit suicide. This was the birth of saggy pants, or as Florida legislators like to call them, droopy drawers. Somehow the hip-hop crowd adopted this trend. Most guys seem to have embraced this 'fashion movement' and forgot that belts were invented to keep pants above their bum, not below.
Funnily enough politicians in America are calling for saggy pants to become practically illegal. They want dress codes enforced within all schools to sanction any who dares to kiss and sag. If you are in need of a giggle check out Senator Eric Adams, a retired police chief, advising society to ‘Stop the Sag’.
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