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Tight-pants school craze
By Sacha Walters, Staff Reporter
The latest craze of men adjusting their pants for a skin-tight fit has now made its way into our local schools.
Several schoolboys have been visiting tailors and paying $150 and upwards to get a tighter fit for their 'ready made' pants just before the opening of the new school term.
"Dem seh it a di lick," said Delroy, a tailor who explained that the adjustments can be made in three ways, depending on the style one wants to achieve.
He said the legs can be stitched for a close fit from the crotch all the way to the ankles, the mid-thigh to the ankles or from the knees to the ankles
One 18-year-old upper sixth student from Oberlin High School told THE STAR that the movement from baggy pants to skinny ones is mostly based on the reintroduction of the classic Converse All Star sneakers. Because of its skinny top, it is said that the shoes looks better with slender pants, and it quickly became a fad among the dancehall dancers.
Last school year the Oberlin High student said that he adjusted one pair of his uniform pants from the inner thigh to the ankles out of curiosity.
too uncomfortable
"It was like the thing. It was like the norm every single male student was in it," he said. He will not be one of those in the trend come September however as he eventually gave it up because they were too uncomfortable. He said it affected the way he walked and he was fearful that if he slipped the worst could have happened.
"It's almost guaranteed that all of your crotches will buss out," he said.
This youngster is not the only person against the trend however, as Dorothy Reid, a parent, disagrees with the practice. She said that she destroyed a pair of her 16-year-old son's uniform pants after she discovered that he had "spangy di pants" (the term to describe making it tighter).
"It don't look good, worst wid the uniform. Dat a tights. Man nuffi wear anything like that," she said. She explained that the pants are so tight, the practise for the students are to put plastic bags on their feet in order to slide into the pants.
Her son's punishment after his alteration was to ensure he had clean ones to wear by always washing them after school.
Dennis Kelly, principal of Charlie Smith High School, says he has seen the trend at his school among the 15 to 17-year-old students.
He said in order to hide away from authority the boys conveniently go into the bathroom whenever a teacher is passing or stay away from sight while in class.
Whenever they are caught Kelly says that the students are first warned and if caught again a note is sent to their parents.
"They usually back off," he said. Its an adolescent phase which he sees going along with bleaching, shaved eyebrows, dyed hair and false sideburns
By Sacha Walters, Staff Reporter
The latest craze of men adjusting their pants for a skin-tight fit has now made its way into our local schools.
Several schoolboys have been visiting tailors and paying $150 and upwards to get a tighter fit for their 'ready made' pants just before the opening of the new school term.
"Dem seh it a di lick," said Delroy, a tailor who explained that the adjustments can be made in three ways, depending on the style one wants to achieve.
He said the legs can be stitched for a close fit from the crotch all the way to the ankles, the mid-thigh to the ankles or from the knees to the ankles
One 18-year-old upper sixth student from Oberlin High School told THE STAR that the movement from baggy pants to skinny ones is mostly based on the reintroduction of the classic Converse All Star sneakers. Because of its skinny top, it is said that the shoes looks better with slender pants, and it quickly became a fad among the dancehall dancers.
Last school year the Oberlin High student said that he adjusted one pair of his uniform pants from the inner thigh to the ankles out of curiosity.
too uncomfortable
"It was like the thing. It was like the norm every single male student was in it," he said. He will not be one of those in the trend come September however as he eventually gave it up because they were too uncomfortable. He said it affected the way he walked and he was fearful that if he slipped the worst could have happened.
"It's almost guaranteed that all of your crotches will buss out," he said.
This youngster is not the only person against the trend however, as Dorothy Reid, a parent, disagrees with the practice. She said that she destroyed a pair of her 16-year-old son's uniform pants after she discovered that he had "spangy di pants" (the term to describe making it tighter).
"It don't look good, worst wid the uniform. Dat a tights. Man nuffi wear anything like that," she said. She explained that the pants are so tight, the practise for the students are to put plastic bags on their feet in order to slide into the pants.
Her son's punishment after his alteration was to ensure he had clean ones to wear by always washing them after school.
Dennis Kelly, principal of Charlie Smith High School, says he has seen the trend at his school among the 15 to 17-year-old students.
He said in order to hide away from authority the boys conveniently go into the bathroom whenever a teacher is passing or stay away from sight while in class.
Whenever they are caught Kelly says that the students are first warned and if caught again a note is sent to their parents.
"They usually back off," he said. Its an adolescent phase which he sees going along with bleaching, shaved eyebrows, dyed hair and false sideburns
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