Prince George’s County community leaders frustrated by the precariously low waistbands of young men are collecting belts this month to put a stop to sagging pants. As part of the first Pull ‘Em Up ...
There was, of course, a backlash. City councils passed “droopy drawers” laws, punishing men for wearing their pants too low. Saggers were booted off airline flights and buses. Community leaders ...
Plenty of fashions adopted by young people get under the skin of adults, but the opposition to sagging often has the feel of a moral panic. Young men were stripped of their clothes and badly beaten as ...
NEW YORK — Saying low-slung pants give their wearers a bad image, a state lawmaker is making the point with some images of his own. Brooklyn residents awoke today to the sight of two “Stop the Sag” ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis alderwoman's effort to make wearing saggy pants a crime is drawing opposition from residents. Alderwoman Marlene Davis believes young men who wear their pants too low ...
Sagging pants is all about fashion for teens and twenty-somethings, but sometimes fashion hurts. Could this be a trend that comes back and bite wearers in the butt when they get older? "Sagging pants, ...
A retired eastern Winston-Salem couple is resurrecting the battle against sagging pants. Ken and Gwen Rasheed, who grew up in Winston-Salem, started subversively, handing out coupons for free haircuts ...
Young woman using her cellphone while drinking coffee in kitchen. Female leaning on kitchen counter with coffee cup looking at her mobile phone. COLUMBIA, S.C. – A proposed state law in South Carolina ...
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I went into business for myself years ago for a variety of reasons. But there are two items on my list of things I want out of a job that I have tried to maintain. First, I don’t want to be penalized ...
For years, we’ve watched them waddle in front of us like tipsy penguins, hitching their flopping pants up as they shuffled along. Some saggers dropped their pants down just below their waist, giving ...