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Fashion police set high price on style

Martin Vennard | 19:33 UK time, Monday, 3 September 2007

baggy203.jpgHello! I'm Joni, a U.S. journalist on work experience at World Have Your Say this month. As I've been scanning the news back home, I noticed quite a stir about droopy trousers.

It seems a growing number of , backed by claims of indecency when people flash their underwear.

Louisiana began the trend of legislation this summer. A handful of cities are either exploring or enacting laws to "bust a sag" by putting a price on the low-riding style. Delcambre, Louisiana, which is home to less than 3,000 people, set off the action on June 11. Now, cities in Arkansas, Connecticut and have joined the movement.

It's not just the USA taking action. In West Africa, , as well as cutting off their right to wear hair extensions. The country's education minister says the ban instils moral discipline in youngsters attending school.

And in Iran, . Police have closed 13 shops, and inspected more than 730 in Tehran, looking for stylists who pluck eyebrows and coif men's hair into bouffants. Women aren't being ignored either. Revealing too much hair under the hijab or donning a too-short coat can land female law breakers in jail.

It's hardly new for lawmakers to set stylish boundaries. But does this recent flurry of action have merit? Do you think morality in the world is fading? Should schools and other institutions lay down rules?

Or do people have the right to wear what they want in public? Is it all a fashion faux pas?

We want to hear what you think. Are you offended by baggy pants or elaborate hair styles? Or have you been told off, fined or even jailed for wearing an outfit or hairstyle someone doesn't approve of?

Join the discussion. Tell us about your experience.

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