n continues: [R]avers are so committed to their ultrabaggies that they will make them if they cant find them in stores. Gwen Berland, 15, a raver from Park Slope, Brooklyn, had a friend make her pants with legs that each measure six feet around. "Its hard to walk," she acknowledged at Satellite, where the off-the-rack pants cost $50-$90. Within rave culture, there are even subgroups based on style. Ms. Berland says she was making the transition from being a "candy raver," or younger girl who likes to accessorize with toys and baby-style jewelry, to being a raver with a more sophisticated look. One of her friends, Ike Young, 15, is known as a "Polo raver" because of his preference for mixing his Mom and Me pants with preppy items from Nautica, Polo Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. (20)Along with proper attire, certain supplies are essential to keep kids raving all night long in the physically demanding environment. The first supply a raver must have is a book bag. In keeping with the regressive theme of raves, the book bag makes ravers look like young school children. More functionally, the book bag contains all of the other supplies the ravers will need that night and the following day. In essence, the book bag serves as an overnight bag because raves typically run from midnight to noon, or at least from dusk until dawn. Some of the most important supplies in the book bag include: water bottle; items to suck (pacifier, suckers, and gum); and Vicks vaporub and oil. Because of the extremely high temperatures from thousands of kids dancing for twelve hours in an unairconditioned warehouse, a raver needs an ample supply of water. Water bottles or baby bottles are preferable due to the need for sucking. One strange side effect of the rave drug of choice (to be discussed later) is the need to suck on things to reduce tension in the jaws. Tightness in the jaws is also relieved by sucking on pacifiers, suckers, and gum. Pacifiers, called "nukes...
