This Week in Bans: Tupelo Takes Aim at Baggy Pants

Welcome back to our weekly look at what's been outlawed in cities across the world:

• Wearing baggy clothing is a officially a finable offense in Tupelo, Mississippi, after the city voted nearly unanimously to outlaw low riding pants and skirts. The fashion decree, which birthed the hashtag #BieberWouldGetArrested, bans any pants that ride lower than three inches below the top of the hips. Needless to say, anyone rocking exposed underwear would get a ticket so fast their head would be spinning. First-time offenders must pay $50, while inveterate sag-sporters will face $200 fines. Here's the rationale behind the new law, explained by Councilwoman Nettie Davis: “If it's a man, exposing his behind parts is like mooning or something.” The ban's lone dissenter on the city council, Willie Jennings, proved his fashion mettle by saying the saggy-pants trend was “in fact going out of style.”