Back in the 1990’s a new fashion trend emerged among young males which featured the wearing of pants sagged low around the behind, revealing one’s underwear of choice. To many of us this seemed preposterous, not to mention diabolically uncomfortable. Largely this particular trend has run its course, although you still see it occasionally.
But then a couple days ago I ran across a photo of singer Billie Eilish giving her acceptance speech at the Grammy’s. The reason the photograph was so widespread was because of her now infamous “you can’t be illegal on stolen land” line. But that’s not what drew me to the picture. No, what I noticed was something I haven’t seen before. Ms. Eilish seemed to be wearing three belts—for no apparent reason whatsoever, since none of the three were secured to anything. They just were hanging there, flapping this way and that untethered from any conceivable function. I can only assume they were there for mere decoration . Maybe they were intending to make some sort of statement—that she had been freed from the shackles of the patriarchy?
Maybe this is a one-off, it won’t become the female version of the sagging pants thing for young men in the 90’s. Or maybe this will become all the rage among the cool kids? Time will tell.
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