STYLE saggerz

Why Sag?
When dudes first started walking around with their pants sagging in the early 80's it looked really odd since pants were only cut narrow and straight. Most adults were repulsed to see a young man walking around with his underwear showing. At that time, wearing baggy pants was in its' infancy… One rumour was that youth were imitating convicts that sagged because they weren't allowed to wear belts in the pen. As a result their pants fell below the waist exposing their underwear.

Some feel that wearing baggy jeans has something to do with homophobia in high school. Eddie Murphy in his first stand-up show "Delirious" commented that, "You can tell when a fag is looking at your ass because you ass gets hot!" Well most straight teens did not want their buns to get "hot" or to have those assets looked at. So they concealed their behind in baggy pants. That was in the late 80's-early 90's.

Today many guys like the comfort feel of baggy jeans and think that tight fitting pants look gay. They are toally comfortable with their undies showing and their pants hanging off their butt. This has caused an explosion in the growth of designer underwear with a flashy and prominent elastic underwear waistband and colourful boxers.

Sagger boyz feel their baggy jeans and pants are comfortable even though they have to constantly hike them up before they lose them completely. They also think it makes them hip and with it and definitely not gay. And of course what is the point of sagging unless you can frequently hike up your shirt to show off a line of expensive designer mens underwear.


Why Parents & Schools Don't Get It
Many teens are convinced that unless parents start moving with the times, they will not understand their children's mode of dressing. Many parents cannot understand why their sons sport cargo pants, baggy T-shirts, big shoes, sagging jeans and other attire which is in vogue. They also curse pierced ears and tattoos which are very popular among teenage boys. Among girls, parents outlaw bare-back tops, 'mini' or 'micro-mini' skirts, stretch jeans, spaghetti-strap tops, tight trousers, pedal-pushers, tank-tops and skirts with long slits.

This gives rise to school regulations like these: "Pants must always be worn on the waist. No sagging, baggy, or droopy pants will be tolerated. The waist size on the pants may not be more than one size above what the student normally wears. Pants must be worn with a belt. Pants should be the proper length - they must not pile up on the shoes. Pants may not be torn, ragged, or colorfully patched. Clothing should be neat and in good repair."

According to many teens, schools along with parents and their kids will remain at loggerheads over the issue of dressing because "there is a world of difference between their dressing styles and ours."