Sagging of Pants By Guys…You Think It's Fashionable? – This Is What Ladies Say about It

By Femi Akinpelu Joseph

Sagging is a manner of wearing trousers or jeans which sag so that the top of the trousers or jeans are significantly below the waist, sometimes revealing much of the underwear.

Sagging is predominantly a male fashion. Women’s wearing of low-rise jeans to reveal their G-string underwear (the“whale tail”) is not generally described as sagging.

The Origin - The origin was popularized by hip-hop artistes in the 1990s. It later became a symbol of freedom and cultural awareness among some youths or a symbol of their rejection of the values of mainstream society.

It is often claimed the style originated from the United States prison system where belts are sometimes prohibited and there can be a lack of appropriately sized clothing, but fashion historian Tanisha C. Ford of University of Massachusetts Amherst says this is not definitive and the origins of the style are unclear.

Now, we take a look at the views and reactions of some female folks towards this very reserved fashion style by men, and which has come to gain some popularity and a stay in most urban societies at this modern era.

A young man sagging his trousers extremely in a shopping mall 

See how they feel and what they say about sagging...

Adeola

I don't like sagging for anything. The reason is that at according to overseas report we are made to know that ex convict sag because their trouser has no belt. I take my time to know this ‘cause I hate it like sh*t! More so, it is a sign of being irresponsible. You don't expect me to go out with my guy and his inner wears are showing. It is embarrassing.

Olamide Solademi

And sagging. Isn't fashionable to me. Nope, I don't like it!

Victoria 
Yea I like it.

Onome

Sagging habit by boys is a bad habit..........simply because sagging can only be seen on irresponsible people, and it is a well known fact that it generated from prison yard, belt in the prison yard were seized in order to prevent self killing (suicide)...with this fact sagging can't be a character to be emulated.

Bimbo

As for me I see nothing bad or wrong about it, but I think guys should do it responsibly.

But you know this sagging of a thing has got class, that’s why I made mention of the word "responsibly".

Blessing Livinus

I don't like it because it makes them look mad.

Stella Ojo

It’s not bad. Most homos (gays) do that. Not really bad. And it’s also bad. It usually fits some people anyways.

A well-sagged jean trouser

Awele

Sagging originated from the jails in the USA. It came about because belts are not allowed in the cells, hence trousers/overalls which male prisoners wear droop down. So what they do is to push the trousers down to below the waist, so that it sits at an angle where it seems like a belt is holding it up. 

What is an inconvenience, turned to a fashion statement? When these ex-convicts leave prison, they carry on what was obtainable in jail. I don't like it because, it makes a male individual seem irresponsible and unserious. Why should a boy/man sag when he is not in prison or has never done time there?

Society frowns upon such, and they are considered as no-do-wells. He dare not try sagging if he is going for a job interview or a formal event. No one would even look at you twice or consider you for anything meaningful. Even if the guy is from a respectable home, he does it out of wanting to belong and/or pressure. If they run into trouble, he is roped right along them as a culprit. So, I don't like it because it only portends and brings negative images and results.

Taiwo

I'm not in support of sagging habit by boys, because it’s not a sign of maturity! I believe it’s only irresponsible guys that sag. You cannot be in a formal environment or gathering and sag because people will look down on such a person. It might be called fashion but it’s crazy. Not really advisable for sensible and responsible guys looking at the history behind it.

A clear display of hip-hop culture accompanied by the sagging of trousers 

Damilola 

My view is that classic men don't sag their trousers.

Victoria Ilari

Responsible boys and men don't sag only the irresponsible ones do and sagging is for prisoners not for people who are free.

Priscilla

To me sagging is not fashionable, it shows that the man or boy is irresponsible. 

Kemi

                                                                                                                                                          Sagging is not fashionable o. If guys keep doing it, It will continue to affect generations. Though it is

called fashion, Not really acceptable here in Nigeria. So please try and encourage guys to stop sagging. Some girls don't like that. For me guys that are sagging are not responsible. And most times is not true, Most of them are responsible, just this fashion that is killing them.

David Arquette sagging his pant

                           

Faith

Sagging is not in any way fashionable. Is just a feeling of wanting to feel among. Of what they don't even know about, showing their dirty boxers to the public.

Ebunoluwa

I personally feel the act is not good enough. I feel bad when looking at young men's under wears, it's just disrespectful . I usually attribute the act to being part of a dangerous gang, cultists to be precise.

Sagging makes one look irresponsible. In fact, ladies of            

                                                                                       

nowadays love men and guys who are moderately dressed. Like an adage also said "the way you dress is the way that you will be addressed". Guys, learn to pull up your under wears! No one want to see them...!

Blessing Adeyeye

No, it isn't fashionable. A real man doesn't sag instead a man tighten his belt on his waist and tell the world he is a man and not a boy with some sense of maturity.

Anuoluwa

Sagging'z very bad. Like extremely bad.

Rosemary

I don't like sagging. It shows a sign of irresponsibility and immorality. Men or boys are not supposed to be sagging because it gives people a wrong impression about them.

Double Joy

The rate at which people sag these days is alarming. In my opinion, I will call it craziness and not fashion. Most of our youths look up to these celebrities and emulate whatever they do. And I somehow blame the media for exposing us to the videos of celebs who sag their trousers.

Sagging makes people think they (the men) are not serious and also find it hard to trust them, because a mature and reasonable being would dress properly and not sag. You can't see a well-educated or responsible person with proper upbringing sagging! Let's take a look at our doctors, engineers, accountants, bankers, lawyers and even our broadcasters, doing such? Can't we copy them than these celebrities?

In conclusion, sagging brings disrespect, and embarrassment as well. A man who knows that he wants to be great in life won't sag.
Sagging is craziness not fashion.

Esther Chibueze

It portrays irresponsibility. It makes guys look unserious and incapable. It portrays low self esteem and I-don't-care attitude. Also laziness.

Esther Oyaade

Dunno much about it but all I know is that it's meant for prisoners, but men and young boys of today are using it for their own fashion. It's because those prisoners don't have belts to hold their trousers, that's why they sagged.


You have heard that! Ladies have spoken. 

It is now left to the boys, guys, and the men, to make a choice on whether to continue the sagging culture, or rather make amends to stop it.

 Above all, let's ROCK our fashion world with every sense of modesty.