HOME / Fashion : The language of style. Hello, Moon Has America's low-rise obsession gone too far? By Amanda Fortini|Updated Friday, Oct. 10, 2003, at 3:25 PM Tweet Tweet MYSLATE Save this story. Follow all Fashion articles. Follow the Arts section. Follow stories by Amanda Fortini. MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. SLATE'S MOST VIRAL Who Said It: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford or Simpsons Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby? Enterprise vs. Millennium Falcon: Which is the Fastest? New Study: Climate Scientists Overwhelmingly Agree Global Warming Is Real and Our Fault Amanda Fortini is a Slate contributor. Illustrations by Nina Frenkel. Click here to load comments.