Holy Tights, Batman!

<<Rant Alert!>>

Call me old fashioned, but I'm beginning to worry about our young people's reproductive health.

I mean, come on -- have you seen what passes for "pants" these days? I have nylons that fit less snugly... and they have breathable sections in strategic areas, which these "jeans" do not. This can't be comfortable for personal regions -- on Mars or Venus.

Now, admittedly, the big'n'baggy'n'hanging-off-the-undies look was pathetic, but do we really have to swing ALL the way to the other side of the pendulum? Have fashion designers lost all sense of proportion, body shape and function? In my mind it's simple: pants are meant to cover the lower parts of our bodies; allow us to sit, walk and breathe comfortably; and give us a place to stick our keys, cell phone, iPod, wallet, gum, change, and maybe even our VISA card. How hard is that to get right? Apparently very, very, very hard -- because if the teenagers I saw the other day had a VISA card, it was nowhere near their pants...trust me, I would have seen it!!