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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 08:20 PM
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Who's to blame for the "gangsta pants" fashion statement of today? Dick van Dyke... that's who!!!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 09:35 PM
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1. LOL! Good one. How on earth do the pants stay up is what I want to know.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 09:40 PM
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2. Creative use of belt
What I want to know is how this has stayed in style since the late 90s
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 11:42 PM
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4. Longer than that
It had worked it's way into my (affluent, mostly white, suburban) highschool by '91 or so, so real gangstas had probably been sporting it since Reagan was still president. It mystifies me too - people point at other dumb fashion things like bell bottoms, but none of them had the longevity of the falling-down pants.
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RZM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 01:16 AM
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5. I think it's been around for a while actually
From what I've heard it originated in prison, where the clothes they give you don't always fit.
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Tom Ripley Donating Member (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 10:54 PM
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3. I always thought it was Stringbean
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