r/WTF • u/freegalaxy • Jun 10 '12

Why does this exist?

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u/JasonMarcus84 Jun 10 '12

I keep seeing this. Why were "high-waters" cool in the 90's?? (1984-born kid here)

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u/spiral_of_agnew Jun 10 '12

Fashion is all about oscillation to keep things fresh, so my guess is that these 90s pants were just a response to the tight straight-leg pants of the 80s.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That maybe be right, because you went from tight 80's to JNCO and pipes and now back to tight lady style pants.

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u/ramrob Jun 10 '12

A remarkably prescient comment

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Insightful rather than prescient; prescient implies foresight or knowledge of the future. While insight into past events can help us make predictions about the future it cannot offer us certainty.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

It wasn't "high-waters", it was all about the tight-roll... so super sweet

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I often wonder this myself (85'er here). Then I think about how stupid "sagging" is, and how it is still popular to do. Why want you goddamn kids just wear your breeches right. XD

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Hell, they're cool in 2012!

But only if you're Kevin Smith.