'Brothers should pull up their pants.'
The student body president of N.C. Central University appeared on CNN Monday in the interest of ... more presentable student dress.
NCCU is pressing the case for pants that actually fit and undershirts that are actually worn under shirts. And its top student leader, Kent Williams Jr., heartily agrees.
“We’re not trying to dictate to students how to dress,” Williams told The News & Observer of Raleigh.
“We just want to get them thinking about what they wear.”
Toward that end, NCCU is passing out cards on student dress that provide some guidelines -- although school administrators hasten to add that these are suggestions, not a dress code.
But some students say the baggy pants thing is passe anyway.
They may be right. At A&T I rarely see low-slung trousers, which seem to be clinging on, as a trend, mainly among young pre-college boys.
I do spot pajama bottoms every now and then, but the most egregious fashions I typically see these days in Greensboro are worn on the backs (barely) of teens at malls and shopping centers.
NCCU’s Williams, for the record, favors suits and ties.
All I ask of my students is that they wear clothes that fit and keep their unmentionables unseen.
And that, unless they aspire to go to prison after graduation, don’t dress like it.
As the president so eloquently put it on MTV, “Brothers should pull up their pants.”
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Have we yet figured out what exactly holds those low-slung pants UP? Is this some sort of new super glue?
Posted on February 9, 2009 6:45 PM
I'm not to sure If i exactly agree with totally eradicating big pants, but dressing for success in a tasteful manner is understandable in my opinion. However my case is that dealing with individuals who where baggier clothes usually,their personality fits that lack luster manner, where on the other hand those who are more groomed more so maybe a little more mature in their approach too fashion. Another issue is that if you actually got rid of the baggier style of clothing it would definitely toy with peoples freedom of expression, so I feel a possible solution would be to monitor or suggest certain clothes for specific occasions, and events to get individuals more accustomed to the look rather than having them comply by force.
Posted on February 9, 2009 7:28 PM
I think that the trend fades out as the generations get older, but I do believe that when guys are of a certain age, they try to emulate a certain style that they deem to be in fashion. Grown men should not be wearing pants down to their knees because that is just inappropriate and they should know better. There is a time and place for being comfortable, but there is also a time and place to be respectful in your dress.
Posted on February 9, 2009 7:31 PM
I cannot grasp, why walking in the mall, holding your pants up with one hand is kool.
Posted on February 10, 2009 6:30 AM