Coming late to the table (again) I just wanted to add something to the recent discussion of young male fashions.

As you know, the Wall St Journal can always be counted on to grapple with the weighty issues of our times

In that spirit, on 20 June the WSJ had an article on an offshoot of the baggy jeans phenomenon: "Perpetrator Problem: It's Hard To Run Away In Falling Trousers" "Cops Say Baggy Jeans Trip Up Many A Thief"; Hey Dude, Buy A Belt"

My favorite incident:

"Ill-fitting pants aren't suited for jumping either, as Noah Donell Brown of Hendersonville, NC learned. The 24-year-old tried to leap over the counter of a Subway sandwich shop during a robbery attempt, but he stumbled and came crashing down in front of several startled store employees. Mr. Brown, armed with a gun, got up and fled into a nearby residential neighborhood as the police were notified."

"Police didn't have work hard to arrest him. As Mr. Brown tried to scale a picket fence in someone's backyard, he caught his pants, according to the police department. He was found dangling upside down, his pants at his ankles and tangled in the fence."