About Baggy Pants

One of those fashions that just doesn't seem to go out of style is baggy jeans or baggy pants

. When they seem like they are going to go out of style, they just are picked up by a new subculture. Even with their popularity having faded many times, they are still very popular today among certain groups.

Baggy jeans are easiest to buy online because they have an incredible selection that cannot be matched by stores. You will also find that they are much cheaper because they have cut out the middle man as well as distribution costs.

Baggy pants have been given a few different names throughout the world. They were originally known as baggy pants however. This was during their original popularity during the 1990s.

The name baggy pants was mostly used in the United States however. Some other countries preferred to call them 'baggies'. A notable country that gave them this name was the UK. However, today in the UK they are known as wide leg jeans.

Arguably, the culture that really popularized the style was the alternative subculture which grew during the 1990s. This was probably due to the popularity of really tight pants during the eighties. Skateboarders, however, were really commonly seen wearing baggy pants in the nineties as well. This was due to overlap between the subcultures.

Today however, you will notice that the alternative and skateboarder communities often wear skinny jeans. It is the hip hop subculture which has currently picked up the baggy pants flag. Many companies today were created specifically to sell to this demographic. JNCO is arguably the most popular of them.

The wide legs on baggy pants are the defining characteristic. Some people have compared baggy pants to bell bottoms. These were a style of pant that had flared bottoms, but were still tight above the knee. They were mainly popular in the seventies.

The hem on baggy pants is very big. The average length is usually around twenty inches, but is isn't uncommon to find them with a hem of up to twenty three inches. However, there is a trend by some companies to produce extreme wide leg jeans with a hem of over twenty six inches.

by: Alexa Wyrdstone

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