The fanny pack legacy lives on.Fanny packs. Before arriving here, I had only connected this fashion atrocity with my mom (who was infamous for her collection of bright fanny packs, and would wear one almost every day), people from the 80s/90s, people STUCK in the 80s/90s, nerds, and hipsters trying to be ironic. Yet apparently, the fan base goes way beyond that. "How would you ever know this, Jenn?" you may ask. Because I've spotted some Chileans wearing them too. In fact, they fucking love them. They might even love them more than pastel de choclo, alfajores, completos, piscolas, choripan, and empanadas combined. I remember at the beginning of my study abroad experience, when I was in Viña with Cass and her neighbors, we noticed that one of her neighbors had one and immediately started making fun of him. Without hesitation, one of the other neighbors and the fashion offender not only started defending this fashion choice, they also started expressing their love and support for such accessory. "¡Pero es muy util!" (But it's really useful!) they exclaimed to us. I thought that this fanny-pack spotting in Chile was maybe just an isolated incident, and that I would never see such a thing again.
Then, a couple of days ago, I was carreteando with Katerina, Tessa, Diego, and his friends Gabriel and Pablo, when of course, none other than Gabriel and Pablo were sporting their own fanny-packs as well! And surprise surprise, the principal justification was the same ("¡Pero es muy util!").
Fanny packs look kind of dumb, but I have to admit, it's a fucking lata (drag) going to a club trying to stuff my cell, Bip! card (for the bus/metro), ID, money, and keys all into my pockets, and still make sure that none of them fall out. I probably look dumber trying to dance whilst simultaneously repeatedly pushing all of my shit back into the depths of my pockets, than a Chilean wearing a fanny pack. Fanny packs probably are util. Maybe these Chileans are on to something....
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