Fanny Pack - Fashion Statement? What do you think?

RIGHT ON! I am in total disgust of such an invention and laugh when I see them. I think its even less attractive on MEN!

I don't even understand why it is called fanny pack. Back where I come from, fanny means something else. No wonder such a pack is hung so low to the crotch. There is truth in its name, ha!

Maybe they just want to have a butt in the front? Maybe?

LOL yeah they are ugly and all but they can be useful. I use one all the time particularly since I also use a cane on really good days and a walker or scooter on bad ones. Also they are handy at the grocery. How many times have you heard of people turning their backs for a split second and their wallet is stolen from their purse???? Wearing one of these not-so-beauties and with the zip to the front no body will get your $!

I often ponder who decided to call them fanny packs? Perhaps frontal packs? But anyway they are ugly, however useful they may be.

I am always threatening to by hubby one if he gets out of line...hey maybe we could use that as punishment for the kids!

They look stupid.

I just keep a wallet in my back pocket (a guy thing) with no money or anything important in it. I never carry cash, only cards. So, if I ever get robbed, all I have to do is to report. That's better than wearing a fanny pack. I thought only the lady at the fair would wear one.

Somehow wearing one makes the same impression on me as people who slowly move their lips while reading.

I am with you-- They are ugly and just draw more attention to areas that I am trying to cover up... lol I do admit to using one after my auto accident -- Only because I was not coordinated enought to use the cane and carry a puse at the same time.. YUK !!!

Pockets, pockets, pockets.

Do they still make those ugly things?

These things are hideous and probably invented for women by a man with unacknowledged gender-related anger issues. Buy cargo pants! For the love of God, buy cargo pants! And shorts!

Don't hate me but I actually wear them at amusement parks. I have to carry the entire family's junk and I ride all the rides.

Have you ever seen a package of peanut butter crackers that was in a fanny pack after riding the Timberwolf? It's even less attractive than the fanny pack.

I love fanny packs when I travel...they leave my hands free.

A backpack will also leave your hands free. Oh wait, it will also leave your waist free as well.

They may be quite ugly and I wear mine at the front to one side. I am not a fashionista and with or without my fanny pack/waist purse I don't look particularly stylish but I dress for comfort and convenience, not to impress others.

I started doing this when I had shoulder problems from the weight of my handbag slung over one shoulder about 20 years ago. I tried various ways of spreading the load but ultimately I gave up on them. For many of the other things you have to do while you are out, the purse has to be set down and possibly forgotten and in a busy downtown situation they can be pickpocketed or easily taken from you. To use a pocket for valuables has the same risks.

Here's another thing: Although many handbags are fashionable and have designer logos on them, if you really take an objective look at them they are not generally aesthetically pleasing to look at nor do they complement the attire of the owner.

Just a little aside here - I found it slightly ridiculous last year when a group of about 7 acquaintances and myself were approached by a person known to one of them with two large green garbage bags. She proceeded to open one and display a large number of Louis Vuitton knock-offs. Most of those ladies went after them like sharks in a feeding frenzy. Some of them were taking a couple for themselves and two or three others for daughters or gifts. To my utter amazement I found that they would be paying about $200.00 Canadian each for these knock-offs.

I may be accused of being jealous and that just because I couldn't afford these items, I am slamming others who can. Sure I am a little jealous about the freedom with money but if I had two, four or six hundred dollars to spare I most certainly wouldn't spend it on a handbag.

I didn't express my amusement to them because I felt it was their business not mine, but what I find somewhat strange is that if a knock-off can be bought in this way, where is the pride in carrying one. How is having one of these a demonstration of affluence - Specially when half the coterie a person is trying to impress got some of them at the same time and the same way they did?

One of the reasons I believe that these were used to demonstrate affluence is that our group comprised sporty tennis playing ladies. We go from the locker rooms to the courts with large bags containing raquets, balls, a change of clothes, etc. They are so roomy that they could contain those handbags and yet they all carry the Louis Vuitton bags in addition to the tennis bags.

I just don't get it...

I must be a strange woman totally - I don't get fashion. I don't get wearing something that doesn't flatter you because it happens to be in this year. I don't get spending lots of money on clothes.

I completely respect the other point of view. If something makes a person happy and reaffirms them in some way that is fine - but it just isn't me.

To wrap up, I find purses clunky and inconvenient. I find fanny pack/waist purses comfortable and very convenient.

Thanks for presenting this topic Sharon. It is interesting to read people's differing opinions.

These were obviously invented by a total geek and they are worn by other geeks. No on in their right mind would wear one of these! These are the ugliest thing going!