A large group of yoga pants-wearing women and girls turned out Sunday in Barrington, Rhode Island, for a parade in support of the pants, after a male resident wrote a letter to the town newspaper complaining that older out-of-shape women shouldn’t be wearing the stretchy, form-fitting attire.
The Yoga Pants Parade in Barrington, Rhode Island. #yogapants #rhodeisland #barrington #yogapantsparade pic.twitter.com/AGPOHJvltH
— Selena Maranjian (@SelenaMaranjian) October 23, 2016
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Rhode Island resident Selena Maranjian, who attended the parade.
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Selena Maranjian, resident of Barrington, Rhode Island, who attended the parade. She tweets @SelenaMaranjian.
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