saggy trousers

Pants that droop

Saggy trousers are pants worn low on the hips so they droop below the waist, often exposing underwear.

The style emerged from hip-hop culture in the 1990s and remains associated with urban youth fashion: He got detention for wearing saggy trousers to school.

Also called saggy pants.

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Formal legwear for occasions

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Family

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Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G