Droopy pants - scraping the bottom of the fashion barrel

Fashion is a subjective thing, I've always been told by its adherents, whenever I expressed my wonderment (and amusement) at some of the frankly ridiculous creations paraded up and down ramps all over the world. I honestly doubt that they could ever be worn by real people in the real world. At least, not without incurring a great deal of ridicule and puzzlement.

But there IS a "style" - so to speak - adopted by some teenagers and young adults that sets my teeth on edge any time I see them. It's the one where they wear ridiculously baggy, ripped/torn/wrinkled jeans so low on their hips along with their underwear that half their ass is hanging out. I absolutely LOATHE the - ugh - "style". One of these days, I'm going to give in to temptation and tug their pants down entirely. Believe me, it would take very very little effort to do so, as the pants are extremely loosely anchored!

I guess it annoys me immensely that people actually pay good money (and lots of it) to buy clothes that look like the ones worn by the very very poor in India and other third-world countries. THEIR asses hang out because they cant afford better, and better-fitting, clothes... and here are these stupid, well-heeled, lamebrained, fashionable youths slouching along in deliberately damaged trousers that would each cost enough to clothe an entire Indian family from head to toe!

*phew* Ok, that's one rant out of my system for now :) I do have an idea, though... perhaps the poor people from various countries could make money by exporting their torn, dirty, ill-fitting clothes to such fashion-conscious teenagers. That would be entirely satisfying to me.

Be that as it may, here is a news item that I came across just now, which cheered me up very much indeed. I'm no admirer of the American South, but I do think the state of Virginia has taken a step in the right direction. It has banned droopy drawers on pain of a $50 fine for the offence. Three cheers!