Saturday, February 13, 2010

Get 'em Up - What's That

Each generation has its own fads and lingo pertinent to the time. Various phrases used over the years that I recall are: neat, cool, hip, groovy, far out, right on, etc.

One of the fads for the past few years has been baggy pants; pants so big at the waist that they fall down low on the hips, and expose several inches of ‘underwear’ or skin; at times so low, they seem in danger of falling to the ground.

Sometimes fads are started just to be different, sometimes to “shock the older crowd,” irritate their parents or adults in general, or merely attract attention. Whatever the purpose, though they may attract attention, my personal opinion is that it does not add to their physical attraction. I find it difficult to believe that having your pants in danger of falling down, bunching around your legs, while your so called “underwear” or bare skin is exposed can be comfortable. To whom does extreme sloppiness appeal? Not me, obviously, though I hadn’t given much thought to it, accepting it as a peculiarity of today’s youth, until I heard the news item about the movement to change this particular fad.

But ho: Apparently not only the elders think the look is ‘not in the groove.’ A young St Louisan has begun a movement to pull up those pants and has created a song about getting those pants off the ground to publicize the effort. Clothes that are extreme; either so loose as to bag and sag, or tight enough the wearer’s body looks squeezed – I ask: where is the benefit to the wearer, either in comfort or attractiveness?

I hope the young man's efforts succeed. This blog is dedicated to my now deceased husband, whose birthday is today. He was a neat man.

3 comments:

  1. I have to say I couldn't agree more. I have watched many a young man walking who has to hold up his pants with one hand on his crotch. Doesn't look comfortable and certainly makes it inconvenient for a great many things.
    And, as the daughter of that man whose birthday was last Saturday, I thought he was neat, too.

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  2. Needless to say, I can't read the second comment above. So I have no way of knowing what was written. mmrite

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  3. He was definitely a "neat" man in more ways than one. And I also do not like pants that show underwear in which I have NO interest.

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