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Rhode Island Parade In Support Of Yoga Pants Draws More Than 300

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Parade attendees do yoga as a police officer looks on during a parade in support of wearing yoga pants Sunday in Barrington, R.I. (Courtesy Selena Maranjian)
Parade attendees do yoga as a police officer looks on during a parade in support of wearing yoga pants Sunday in Barrington, R.I. (Courtesy Selena Maranjian)

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.

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.

This segment aired on October 24, 2016.

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