So, hip-hugger and low-ride jeans are okay for women... but a guy who 'sags' his baggy urban jeans is breaking the law? Perhaps this law was worded to apply equally between the sexes, but I highly doubt (and call me a sceptic) that many women are going to be taken to task for wearing paths off the hip.

I agree that pants pulled down to the knees and underwear so low you can see pubic hair is a little extreme (perhaps even straddling the line of indecent exposure), but the artist renditions of what would be considered 'illegal' do not depict that level of 'sagging.'

It will be interesting to see if the first people charged with this new 'offence' will challenge the law. They just may have a case.

In Britain the government recently tried to take on 'hoodies' - because they apparently contributed to delinquent behaviour.

Next it will be bangles and hoop earrings forcing young girls to rob banks.

Oh the humanity!