SACRAMENTO - You can buy them at Arden Fair Mall, you just can't wear them while you shop.
A new dress code states customers who want to shop at Arden Fair Mall can no longer enter stores if they are wearing hooded sweatshirts or baggy pants. It's a move some shoppers aren't taking well.
"That's retarded," one shopper told FOX40's Rowena Shaddox. "I should be able to wear anything I want. I'm a person."
Controversial as it may be, the Arden dress code has been implemented in the interest of public safety. Pants that are below the waistline, exposing a subject's underwear, have been banned at many schools and restaurants because they could come across as offensive to other patrons. But hoodies?
"We don't allow masks, and we're certainly not going to allow hoods," explains Steve Reed, Arden's Security Guest Services Manager.
Recent crimes have seen hooded sweatshirts as a clothing choice for robbers who want to conceal their faces, using the drawstrings to close the hoods over their heads nearly completely.
Some have criticized the mall for allowing the stores to sell baggy pants and hoodies, but not allowing customers to wear them.
"There are businesses that sell guns," Reed argues," And they don't allow them to carry guns either, not at the mall."
Security with Arden says the mall has the right to ask people to leave if they do not comply with the new dress code
A new dress code states customers who want to shop at Arden Fair Mall can no longer enter stores if they are wearing hooded sweatshirts or baggy pants. It's a move some shoppers aren't taking well.
"That's retarded," one shopper told FOX40's Rowena Shaddox. "I should be able to wear anything I want. I'm a person."
Controversial as it may be, the Arden dress code has been implemented in the interest of public safety. Pants that are below the waistline, exposing a subject's underwear, have been banned at many schools and restaurants because they could come across as offensive to other patrons. But hoodies?
"We don't allow masks, and we're certainly not going to allow hoods," explains Steve Reed, Arden's Security Guest Services Manager.
Recent crimes have seen hooded sweatshirts as a clothing choice for robbers who want to conceal their faces, using the drawstrings to close the hoods over their heads nearly completely.
Some have criticized the mall for allowing the stores to sell baggy pants and hoodies, but not allowing customers to wear them.
"There are businesses that sell guns," Reed argues," And they don't allow them to carry guns either, not at the mall."
Security with Arden says the mall has the right to ask people to leave if they do not comply with the new dress code
