| Today’s Low rider jeans
may appear to be created by pop singing sensations
such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera
but they have actually been around for over
40 years.
Ask anyone from the 1960s and they’ll
claim low riders as bell-bottoms from their
generation. Only 40 years ago, the controversy
involving these “hip hugging”
pants wasn’t about the exposure of
underwear. It was the navel that had parents
in an uproar.
Low riders are, more than ever, causing
stirs all around the world. This month,
Democratic Delegate Algie T. Howell proposed
a bill into law in the Virginia Legislature
to ban the jeans and establish a $50 fine
to “anyone whose boxers, briefs, or
thongs peek above their pants or skirts.”
The bill passed the state House but was
killed by a Senate committee in a unanimous
vote. |
