Parachute pants. Remember these? MC Hammer made them very popular (and probably ended up killing them) in his "Can't Touch This" video. Basically, it was as if a clothing designer had a lot of extra fabric left, and decided that pants needed to have enough room for a Basset hound in them. And yes, of course I wanted a pair when I was growing up (that's besides the point ... thanks mom for not giving in!).
These pants were best used for "crab dances" like the one Hammer used in said video. I guess it's not any sillier than wearing pants below the hips (or is it?).
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They say everything comes back into style. I hope not these.
Are parachute pants struggling these days, making shitty tv commercials like Hammer is ?
Ever see these thing sin a strong wind? It's Aladdin with out a magic carpet.
I would take up a collection to see you in Hammer pants. Who's in?
I owned a pair of those pants. But I bought them in Paris, thereby making them fashionably acceptable. Now if I had bought them in, say, New Jersey, it'd be a different story entirely.
Ah, the parachute pant.
Nothing is worse than not pulling up your pants. Geez.
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