Strange fashions

[Marc]

Was chatting about it last night and this very weird "Fashion" cropped up, the one where you see some some kid walking around with one leg of his tracksuit bottoms rolled upto the knee....whats that all about?!?

Another one was the age old (well I remember it from the early 90's) of wearing your shiny/sparkiling/brand-new Gold/Silver necklace oustode your shirt advertising it to the world and prospective muggers...amazes me why people do that, "Here Mr Mugger, look at my new £350 Gold Chain Necklace!"

any others? (apart from Chav)

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Ponchos.

WTF!

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Odd fluorescent socks.

class.

 

[Adams score 0]

Tossers that wear stupid ties.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Was chatting about it last night and this very weird "Fashion" cropped up, the one where you see some some kid walking around with one leg of his tracksuit bottoms rolled upto the knee....whats that all about?!?

This is descended from American inner city ghettos. Used by drug dealers, one rolled up trouser leg indicated that the wearer had drugs to sell. Rolled down, he had nothing.

Now you know.

 

[tinx]

Re: Re: Strange fashions

This is descended from American inner city ghettos. Used by drug dealers, one rolled up trouser leg indicated that the wearer had drugs to sell. Rolled down, he had nothing.

Now you know.

I wonder if the little twats who do this know themselves.

 

[Marc]

Thanks Saxon! Probably not Tinx, still if I see another one I'll ask. Does it matter which leg is rolled up? i.e. Left Lef for Drugs, Right Leg for Prostitution?

 

[caz99]

um shell suits

 

[Adams score 0]

Both legs rolled up.
Expecting rain.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Re: Re: Re: Strange fashions

I wonder if the little twats who do this know themselves.

Probably not, but by now it's meaning has been diluted by the massive amount of American commercial rap-videos that we are bombarded with, a number of which contain this trend.

I guess it's the same sort of thing as baggy jeans, which of course are descended from US penitentiarys where prisoners were given prison-issue slacks, all of which were big sizes, and therefore were worn baggy.

 

[tinx]

Thanks Saxon! Probably not Tinx, still if I see another one I'll ask. Does it matter which leg is rolled up? i.e. Left Lef for Drugs, Right Leg for Prostitution?

Is it a case of the higher rolled up it is the harder the drugs,

IE rolled up above ankle is hash halfway up the calf is speed and above the knee for smack.

Similar can be applied for the other leg but I don't want to go into that one.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Any jewellery on men except a wristwatch and a wedding ring. Anything else = Chav.

 

[Parson Henry]

Birmingham Bags in the 70s...gave me chronic backache trying to walk with me hands in me pockets ..pockets being situate halfway down the outside of the trouser leg!!

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Any young Japanese person.

Fashion crimes of the highest order.

 

[alan partridge]

Any young Japanese person.

Fashion crimes of the highest order.

they dress better than young english people!

 

[Rambo]

Those eskimo boots that girls seem to be wearing lately - horrendous scenes.

 

[Meade's Ball]

I thought that one rolled up trouser leg was from prison to show that your leg manacle was in place. Only the hardest criminals had manacles.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

I thought that one rolled up trouser leg was from prison to show that your leg manacle was in place. Only the hardest criminals had manacles.

Sounds plausible. That probably came before the drug dealers then...

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Re: Re: Strange fashions

This is descended from American inner city ghettos. Used by drug dealers, one rolled up trouser leg indicated that the wearer had drugs to sell. Rolled down, he had nothing.

Now you know.

Surely the cops caught onto this one pretty quick?

 

[wrexhamgnasher]

Ponchos.

WTF!

totally agree, my sister has one and they look f***ing awful