Saggy Pants Prompt Teacher to Call Police

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I was not talking about the word I was talking about the pants dropped in the back thus showing the Hanes underwear and or bum. I have heard wearing pants in this fashion originated in prison.

To the extent that is popular on the streets I don't think so.I have an uncle that was a prison guard in the 70s to mid 80s and he said that he never saw any inmates have their pants saggy to any where near that extreme(also this was a violation of the dress code anyway).I also work with a guy that served 10 years in Alaska State prison for murder(the victim had raped the guys sister and he beat the guy to death on the street) he was in during the 1990s and he also says that he knew no inmates that wore saggy pants.Also most prisons have strict dress codes and wearing pants saggy is a violation.I think it came from street gang members sometime in the late 80s or early 90s and got spread by 90s "gangsta" rappers (even though most of these guys are really upper middle class) and from designers who make clothes in the "urban" style.I bet they make a lot of money as well seeing as baggy pants wearers also need super long t-shirts to complete the "look".

Most people in jail/prison wear slide style sandals with socks all the time and many people on the street wear slide style sandals with socks but no one says that comes form prison though I would find that claim to be much more plausible.Of course as Salior Steve said "Some people are always ready to accept explanations they like for things they don't."