Atlanta to Ban Baggy Pants

When I was in high school we wore Jeans and sweatshirts and lumber jackets. How horrible, I cringe when I think of it! I really hate the baggy pant look especially when you have to look at their underwear. Fortunately around these parts the fashion trends are changing towards well dressed men like they used to be in the 50's and I have noticed a move from sports hats to fedoras and such. Although I hate the look I don't believe a ban is the way to go. I think people should have the right to choose for themselves as long as it isn't hurting anyone.

Well, firstly I think the youth of today takes pride in how they dress. It's just that the pride is not the same kind of pride your generation had. Secondly, every morning on my way to work i drive by a high school and laugh at the way these kids are dressed. I graduated only 7 years ago...but even in 7 years it hasn't changed whatsoever. I wasn't the best of dressers in my day and I'm still not. I don't wear pant suits or anything. I still like to rock out in jeans and t-shirts, but I never rocked the baggy jeans look and I still don't understand thongs! I think it's, a little outlandish, to completely ban a form of clothing in general. I can understand it in a certain environment but clothing designers make it and people wear it. It's interesting though. I don't think my city will ever get to ban something like that...we have too much syphillis, heroin and murder to deal with first. HA!

I remember a time when if your panties were showing, you were mortified! Now they take pleasure in showing them off. Well, why not wear them over your pants if you truly want them to be seen.

Well, thats good that they ban that. But the problem is these kids may fin other ways to show off their underways even when the baggy is already banned. Surely they will make another style that would give them the freedom to do and show off their butts.

I sure wish they would put a ban on those stupid looking pants all over not just Atlanta! It amuses me no end when I see people wearing them since honestly I'm expecting them to fall off a person--no you're not out of touch, cause if you are so am I.

I heard there are lots of cities and states considering banning it. I don't blame them. My nephew's do it & it drives me crazy. Everytime I see them I give them a wedgie just to remind them that I hate the look. lol

"The reason boys wear their pants so low and baggy is beca use thats the style. The reason that they where them so low is probably to get girls to like them, or cuz they just wanna be cool, and because when you wear them low it makes them baggy--everyone loves baggy pants. Wearing them low is called "sagging". They also probably sag them cuz they want to look like a punk.

Well I have to agree that I do not agree with them type of Trousers either and I certainly do not understand Girls wearing them and showing of their Thongs

Well, first off, by "baggy" do you mean just a little extra room in the pants? Or do you mean grossly oversized pants that fall off the butt and show off underwear? i do not believe in the censorship of expression. Freedome of expression is a part of our Constitution. What we choose to put on our bodies is a very ouvert form of expression. , but i don't i persoanlly think that grossly oversized pants that are falling off the guy look utterly ridiculous and i always have, but i do NOT believe these pants should be banned. i agree that on elementary through high school campuses pants should have to covor the undergarments for both males and females, but when not in school and when in college, they should have the right to wear whatever the hell they want.

I often wonder myself how ppl can go out of their homes dressed this way. Thankfully it seems someone is waking up to this. Growing up I can't imagine walking around with my panties hanging out of the back of my pants. LOL Have a good day!! AT PEACE WITHIN

While I agree that the style isn't particularly attractive, I have to wonder, is this a very good use of our tax dollars? How something like this would be enforced. Are they going to tell the clothing stores that these clothes must not be brought into the city, and fining them if they're caught selling them? Are they going to devote time and police officers to ticketing people who are caught wearing these clothes? And could that time be better spent dealing with real criminals and trying to stop crime and violence?

But remember some of the things you used to wear - bet your parents/grandparents hated them! I am a great believer in that every generation wants to be different from the last and if they leave it alone the baggy pants will disappear in time to be replaced by something else! I must say whether you like them or not it seems to me a mistake to ban kids from wearing something cos we don't like them! I mean what harm do they do at the end of the day? I remember my Grandad telling me I couldn't leave the house with my miniskirt - so I just wore a slightly longer skirt on top and removed it when I left the house! xxxx

I was in middle school when Boys started wearing their pants down showing their boxers 15 years ago. It amazes me that Guys still wear their pants down sagging. Everything else from 15 years is no longer in but sagging pants for some reason is still in.WHY?? I am glad they are banning sagging baggy pants because that fad does not look right I think it is nasty looking.

i like to wear baggy pants but not as low as my ankles just low enough to show the brim of my shorts under my pants nothing wrong with that i think but if they ban it im still wearing it the way i always wear them