Saggy Pants Research Paper

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Sagging a Fashion to a Statement

A fashion statement is defined as something you own or wear considered new or different that is intended to make other people notice you. Saggy pants do get you noticed and it is not a sight for sore eyes. Pants were intended to cover the waist and legs not to droop all the way to the floor showing your bottom or underwear. Sagging pants are not a fashion, although a statement that we can live without, so pull your pants up and show some respect.
By way of example, I remember in grade school it was required to wear a uniform and were all considered alike as far as no one was better than the other, yet I do recall that when we had a free dress day on Fridays everyone acted so differently because we were allowed to dress however we wanted. I could not afford nice clothes just semi decent clothes and was always bullied by this kid named Blue calling me names like the “goodwill kid” or “hand me down kid”. Blue had money and was always wearing the latest fashion. My self-esteem was so low that I hated going to school on Fridays. It is so out of this world that the other day I happened to
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Why should we wait till the last minute to do something about it? According to the “New York Times”Aug. 30, 2007 “Starting in Louisiana, push by law makers determined that pants worn low enough to expose underwear poses a threat to the public and have enacted indecency ordinances to stop it” “An ordinance in Mansfield, a town near Shreveport, subjects offenders to a fine (as much as $ 150 plus court costs) or jail time (up to 15 days).Sagging pants are a trend like miniskirts and skinny pants however, this crosses the line and should be stopped. No law can be enforced to stop how people dress nonetheless, when people start exposing their body parts they can be stopped by enforcing a law when people are