Trotterdam wrote:Why are the ethnic minority wearing this? Is it actually traditional in their culture, or did they deliberately make up a weird fashion just for the sake of being different?Candlewhisper Archive wrote:To me, the most interesting thing about sagging is that some US states felt the need to specifically legislate against a style of dress that is more common amongst certain ethnic groups.
Some claim it was a prison chic thing, coming from the fact that you're not allowed belts in prison, and the right-sized clothing isn't always available.
However, like most fashions, it's hard to pin down exact origins. Regardless, it definitely has cultural associations, and those associated cultures have associations with some ethnic communities.
It's also kind of arbitrary to distinguish between a fashion that is traditional because it was in style five hundred or a thousand years ago, and a fashion that is traditional because it was in style 30 years ago.