Name: Anonymous 2008-02-28 8:35
When i was a child growing up in oakland, CA all the OGs would say that "back in the day" the only reasons someone would sag was A) if they didn't have a belt. B) because they were wearing hand-me-down pants that were too small to be worn normally without either "flooding" or chafing thus they would be sagged for comfort and aethetic. Or C) because the sagger was either some sort of addict or were living some other lifestyle that might diminish someone's sence of self-respect to the degree that they simply wouldn't bother to pull up thier pants all the way. Furthermore sagging wasn't a desirable condition, it was seen as tacky or, as one might say these days, anyone sagging was considered a "scrub".
like a lot of trends and fashions sagging was originally done for the sake of utility but over time became associated with a certain status (i.e. thug life!). the following generations then adopted this meme for the status rather than the utility. even further down the line the previous suppositions about status are lost as the fashion leaks into other subcultures and thus becomes a trend in the mainstream.
like a lot of trends and fashions sagging was originally done for the sake of utility but over time became associated with a certain status (i.e. thug life!). the following generations then adopted this meme for the status rather than the utility. even further down the line the previous suppositions about status are lost as the fashion leaks into other subcultures and thus becomes a trend in the mainstream.