[Chi-townChief]

WHAT? NO PHOTOS!?!?!?

[skr]

If those who wear these "styles" only knew the hilarity that ensues when they leave the room.

[mountaineer]

Actor Brad Pitt has popularized the Diesel brand low-risers.

GenX? Isn't he almost 40? Ewwww.

[Drew68]

Don't blame this on Generation X (Americans born between 1962 and 1976). I'm generation X and while we may be responsible for many things, we are not responsible for "low-rise" pants.

Avril Lavigne is not Generation X. She is whatever generation has followed than (I believe the label is Generation Y).

Michelle should know better.

[Fraulein]

Levi's Too Superlow:

[montomike]

I really enjoy the tight low riser pants and peek a boo tops on the really good looking athletic young bimbos but draw the line on the "wanna be" chubby out of shape bimbos. I mean, like, can't there be a law against the chubby ones?

[Timesink]

These losers are Gen Y, not Gen X.

[Cobra64]

I'd prefer the braless look that I liked as a teenager back in the 1960s.

[Caipirabob]

So what's next? A series of jeans named "BUSHMASTER?

Dudes, I'd be sooo big in marketing...

[FormerLib]

I can't believe that no one's pinged you by now.

[spodefly]

Hey, if we are going to go retro on fashions, I say we bring back mini-skirts and go-go boots. I liked that one. Or how about the aerobics-style clothes from the 80's -- the spandex leotard with stocking and white sox and tennis shoes ... either one of those styles would be better than looking at someone's ass-crack.

[SuziQ]

What will it take to convince the current cohort of exhibitionistas that sleaze is not sexy -- that less is not always more, that low is low-class?

A large part of the market for these jeans is teenage girls and boys whose PARENTS spend the money on their kids' clothes. How about these parents get some common sense and just NOT BUY THEM. Let their little darlings whine and moan about how their parents are ruining their lives and their little psyches by not letting them be like everybody else. Could be a good lesson in NOT going along with the crowd.

Call me an old fuddy duddy all you want, but I frankly don't want to see excessive cleavage in front OR in back!

[CaptIsaacDavis]

GENERATION X IS MISUSED HERE. She obviously wanted to go for that "x-rated" theme. However, the "X" Gen, or 13th Gen, is generally defined by social scientists to refer to those born between 1965 and 1980. Their "chic" was preppie, punk, metal, Americana (propelling the growth of country music), or Anglo (U2, Stones, Police, etc.). Their political awakening was Afghanistan, Poland, Andropov, and INF, and the vulgar incompetence of Carter, Mondale, and Dukakis. The good news is that a larger majority of youth 18-30 in that "X" group identified (back in the 1980s) with "conservative" values than any other youth group in American history (and we had some of the highest Republican vote % for that group in history as well - a radical change from the strong socialist bent of the late-stage baby boomers and the "greatest generation," both of which saw exceptionally large minorities voting for socialist/progressive movements/candidates in the 1930s and 1970s).

This is swinging back to the Left for the so-called GENERATION Y (as in why not? or why try?). This is best defined by the general unwilligness by a majority in this group to assert an identity of "normalcy" or traditional American values -- that is, a social and political identity distinct or exceptional to that of minority and socialist fringe elements. My opinion is that they are frankly TERRORIZED into not doing so by an unrelenting barrage of socialist brain-washing in nearly all institutions, combined with Bolshevik-style show trials for nouveau "Hobbs Act" (targeting the anti-abortion movement), "bias" or "hate crime" incidents. Never mind Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc. Between the media bombardment, abortion genocide (exterminating 32 million peers since 1972), immigration ("white" kids are minorities or rapidly shrinking majorities in many communities), many of these kids are COERCED into betraying their nation and culture.

This low rise culture, like so many fads these days, is imported from Latin America rather than Britain (as they were in the 1960s-1980s). Or, the fads come from socialist wastelands, where "culture" is nothing more than the obscene residue of a dead society (like Eminem's Detroit or New York's rap scene).

However, sooner or later even GenYers will wake up from the brain washing exercises of the subversive Left. The good news is that the minority conservative base of the GenYers is getting more radicalized in terms of attitudes towards government, abortion, readiness to support conservative candidates and issue campaigns, etc.

[John Lenin]

Just got back from the beach. This is the saddest looking generation of all time. I saw young girls with 40 inch waists wearing ,get this, hip huggers ! And if thats not enough the tattoos and piercings are enough to make you lose your lunch. And I thought long hair hippies looked rediculous, this generation is into the ugly look. Picture this, a shaved head, piercings in the eyebrows, lips and nipples and than to top it off you are 40 pounds overweight wearing a pair crotch huggers. If I had kids there would be no way in the world I would allow them to look and dress like that.

[ladyinred]

"My butt crack showing is like my trademark," she gracefully explained to a music reporter.

Now that is a crackup!

[jwh_Denver]

A warning about the health hazards of low-rise pants was published in the Canadian Medical Association six months ago. According to Dr. Malvinder Parmar, a painful condition called "meralgia paresthetica" is causing wearers of hip-huggers to experience "tingling or a burning sensation" in the thighs.

Oh don't worry, this study will put an end to all this "cracking".

[usadave]

In other words: "Underwear is, like, not required."

The word "like" in the sentence above is not required either.

[Eva]

I guess the author of this article was not young in the seventies. Hip huggers with halter tops were all the rage, long and short. Remember those hip hugger short shorts?

[weegee]

Don't blame me, all of Generation X is over 30 these days. We didn't suddenly become "baby boomers", we are the baby bust generation. These fashion victims are the kids of the baby boomers (the generation that came AFTER mine).

[manic4organic]

Crack kills.