Kids today must be afraid that someone will steal their wallets. They are scuffed up because the pant legs are three inches longer than the legs inside of them, so they drag on the ground and sometimes even trip the wearer. The pants also have an extra set of pockets that are big enough to hold a lunch for a grown man. Of course, if anyone packed a lunch in those pockets, every time they sat down they'd flatten out their peanut butter and jam sandwiches until they merged with their even flatter fig bars and their squashed banana. No one will ever know.
Fashion is and always has been a mystery.
Of course, some day, the government will probably fund a study to solve the fashion puzzle. In the meantime, teenagers will continue making fashion statements and adults will continue to act surprised.