story goes something like this:
An intact loop meant you were single.
A loop that had been deliberately torn off supposedly signaled that the wearer was already in a relationship.
And there was an even more dramatic version of the story.
A student might supposedly remove the loop—or have it torn off by a romantic partner—as aublic sign that they were no longer available.
It’s a wonderfully strange piece of fashion folklore.
But there’s an important caveat: the tradition was never universal or consistently documented.
Its meaning appears to have varied between campuses and social groups, and much of what
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