Fashion

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Length: :46

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From: Robert Karl Skoglund

Humbleoats_small We read that American prisoners wear their pans low because they are not allowed to have anything that would hold them up.

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We read that American prisoners wear their pans low because they are not allowed to have anything that would hold them up.

Transcript

What you are about to hear is my translation of an interesting item in a Dutch newspaper. It was also on television in Holland the same week. For what it is worth I’m passing it along to you because you might have always thought that fashion was dictated by a few weirdos in New York City and Paris. Listen to this: Young boys in Europe walk around with their pants low on their buttocks, a fashion that began with American prisoners who walked around with their pants low on their buttocks because they had to give up their belts.

--- Pubers in Europa lopen met de spijkerbroek laag op de billen, ooit begonnen als kledingstijl van Amerikaanse gevangenen (die met hun broek op de billen lopen omdat ze hun riem moeten inleveren).
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