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    Fashion 1 Min Read

    Skidz Pants

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    Skidz were baggy pants with some of the most putrid designs in history (exactly like a clown might wear). High schools across America looked like the circus had just come to town.

    These pants were undeniably ugly and ridiculous, yet everyone went crazy for them.

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