This "trend" takes it's roots in prisons and typically sagging pants were worn by passive homosexuals, so that anyone can quickly check if their ass is clean & rape/fuck them if they want to.
No, I'm serious, this is actual history behind sagging pants.
Anyway, why it became somewhat "popular" outside of a prison? Well, eventually those inmates get out, but the habit wearing pants like that remains.
Anyway, such inmates upon acquiring freedom, typically tend to compensate for years of abuse, therefore they adopt a "tough cool gangsta" type of personality. Considering that typically they live in some ghetto, youth looks up to such "tough cool gangstas" and therefore start to sag their pants as well, thinking it's cool, without knowing true origins of it.
Eventually it was adopted by hip-hop artists (who, if ever actually were in prison, seldom were in such bad conditions as those original folk -- i. e. they're less likely to be harassed due to them having money, thus being able to bribe some guard to get some shit into the cell bypassing security) and hence the trend began.
It stems from prison culture, a few decades ago. At first, it meant on the inside that the guy doing it (the sagging) was willing to get fucked, like in the ass. Prison boyfriend/boyfriend stuff; guys have needs and with no chicks, well... stuff gets hairy. Anyway, when those guys started getting out after doing their time en masse, they kept doing it as a way to show that they were hard or whatever because they'd done time. And it stuck, even though it looks really fucking stupid.
... At least, I think that's right? I hope I didn't just make all that up.
I don't know i wish it goes away already.. i remember my senior year of highschool (last June, still pretty recent) i had this huge crush on someone he was tall cute nice and funny- he basically was my only crush for the whole year.. i get excited to go to my classes because of him, and when he’s not around i get so disappointed lol. And then one day he wore a shirt that wasn't as long as his old ones- i saw his pants sagging and realized sadly he one of em. It all turned out for the better cos when he was around i wasn't distracted no more
I never understood that style... it’s ridiculous
I don’t see it sooo much anymore... I see more skinny jeans in both men and women... fitted clothings but before, this awful ridiculous style was everywhere...
it makes guys look short and annormal... that’s horrible...
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There's a lot being said, most of it half true, some of it kind of fucking racist.
Here are a few big reasons, as I can tell you from firsthand experience.
1. It's much easier to hide a firearm when the folds of your pants are bunched up like that.
2. Low income families resort to hand me downs as opposed to buying more clothes; It's cheaper and much more efficient, but because sizes aren't consistent, you would sag to avoid your pants sitting too high.
3. It was culutural fashion movement, similar to hippie and gothic subcultures. It was popularized streetwear represented by a lot of hip hop artists as a way to stick it authority.
People often attribute this practice to having orginated in prisons, but these suggestions are mostly baseless as they're founded on anecdotal evidence.
When I drove a taxi, I helped a young couple move some shit to their new apartment. The big strong "man" made his tiny girlfriend carry the big, heavy TV. He couldn't do it, because that would have required both hands. He could only carry stuff that only required one hand. Why? Because he needed the other hand to hold up his jeans that were almost down to his knees. I just shook my head. "Yep, you got yourself a keeper, there, girl.
Don't let some other girl snatch him up." lol
yet another misunderstood, glamorized, product of ghetto culture. Many times you see poor children wearing clothes that are too large, because they can't afford to buy clothes often enough for their wardrobe to fit right. Leave it to Americans to intentionally buy shit that doesn't fit right to mimic what they see the cool, hood kids wearing.
Now days most likely because they started selling skinny jeans and unless you’re a eunuch there’s no way you could fit in those things. In the 90s because they forgot to wear a belt that day and the back slipped down a bit. In the early 80s because that’s the only size good will had or you got a hand-me-down and needed to grow into them...
I heard it comes from prison style or something like that. The problem is that the ones who wore that in prison were the fags.
So, straight dudes are wearing prison fag style.
Just let that sink in.
I recently saw a guy with his pants around his knees like that attempt to jaywalk a busy street during rush hour.
It was like watching irl frogger except with a duck.
Imagine them running while holding their sagging pants, lmao. It's a funny sight. I know that men in prison who want sex between inmates would say their pants as a sign that they are available. Which is why I'm confused too as to why some boys like to say their pants.
Thank you for being mature.
I'm 28 years old. Back when I was in high school (from 2005-2009) sagging was fashionable, because it was part of the music culture. I stopped sagging after high school.
Maybe it's my age, but I can't stand a dude that's out of high school or in their early 20s still sagging. It's tacky.
However, the funny thing is... I see that a lot of these younger girls date men like that and I am always astounded as to why.
The question is why do black guys sag pants. And they think it looks cool. Most people don't know this but it is from back in the day when men went to prison. They lost weight and when they left prison were given their original clothing back, now way to big for them.
It is by far the stupidest thing on the planet which for some reason is most prevalent in the African American community.
I've heard it started in prison and was an indicator that the guy is looking to be butt F'd.
It's a crazy fashion that had its origins in the jails of the USA and carries homosexual connotations.
Because they are stuck in some ridiculous looking 90s "fashion" trend? I've been rolling my eyes at this crap for the last 25 years. I literally can't believe this has been a "thing" for that long. It's so stupid.
I completely ignore men who sag their pants. It just tells me their intelligence is on the low side.
Reguardless of race, I don't fuck with hood rats or wannabe hood rats.
(note this statement is comming from a black person)
The fashion trend of wearing your pants loose with a belt is pretty ridiculous. But then so is the fashion trend of wearing jeans that are so ripped/shredded that 90% of the original fabric is gone. Why do women do that?
A better question is why do they sag during the winter? All that cold breeze going right up their asses must be killing them, but they will continue to dress like that because nothing is better than the thug life 🙃.
It's a government fashion conspiracy. They used propaganda to make hood kids think sagging your pants is cool, but now they can't run from the cops lol
It started in prisons... You would sagg your pants to show you was available ; whether that meant being someone's bitch or for prostituting is up to them.
However after these men left prison they got used to sagging and kids would copy them not knowing the meaning... As these kids grew up it became a part of how they act and was never corrected
It's from a prison thing that inmates used to show off that their ass was available to get a dick in.
I have never done that, and don't understand it, they look like morons no matter what they like or what they are into. It's pretty well the dumbest style on the planet
It's one of the stupidest fashion I have ever seen and when such guy approaches me to ask me out , I say 'No' to them in an instant.
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