Too far? German café under fire for banning sweatpants


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Sweatpants have long been a controversial fashion item to wear in public. Photo: dpa/Jan-Philipp Strobel

"We say 'no' to sweatpants" reads a sign at the entrance to a cafe in south-western Germany, which has received flak for forbidding guests from wearing the controversial leisure pants.

Although this one cafe seems to suggest we'll never be able to resolve the debate over whether it's acceptable to wear of sweatpants in public, the establishment has now decided to embrace the haters, at least for one day.

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