"We used to wear long hair, but I don't think our trends were ever as bad as sagging," said [Delcambre, Louisiana] Mayor Carol Broussard.
Wear saggy pants in Delcambre, you're busted for up to $500 or up to six months in the slammer. And not just there. "[Saggy pants] are becoming a criminal offense in a growing number of communities," reports the International Herald Tribune.
In the West Ward of Trenton, Councilwoman Annette Lartigue is drafting an ordinance to fine or enforce community service in response to what she sees as the problem of exposing private parts in public.
"It's a fad like hot pants; however, I think it crosses the line when a person shows their backside," Lartigue said. "You can't legislate how people dress, but you can legislate when people begin to become indecent by exposing their body parts."
In the West Ward of Trenton, underwear is a private part. Wear hot pants under your jeans.
Not since the zoot suit has a style been greeted with such strong disapproval. The exaggerated boxy long coat and tight-cuffed pants, started in the 1930s, was the emblematic style of a subculture of young urban minorities. It was viewed as unpatriotic and flouted a fabric conservation order during World War II. The clothing was at the center of what were called Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, racially motivated beatings of Hispanic youths by sailors. The youths were stripped of their garments, which were burned in the street.
(Are your jeans sagging? Go directly to jail - International Herald Tribune)
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