Gallery: Photos from Past No Pants Subway Rides

Image via Complex Original

On Sunday, January 8, the New York-based prank collective Improv Everywhere asks that all New Yorkers ride the subway without pants. The event begins at 3 p.m. (more information here).

To prepare you for this (and to give you some idea of how others have dressed for the occasion), here's a collection of photos from the event's history.

And don't forget to check back Monday for the best photos from 2012's No Pants Subway Ride.

RELATED: Four Pins - 20 Ways to Avoid Wearing Pants

Taiwan, 2011

San Francisco, 2010

[via Flickr]

New York, 2005

Portland, 2011

[via Flickr]

New York, 2010

New York, 2007

[via Flickr]

New York, 2011

[via Flickr]

Washington D.C., 2011

Chicago, 2011

[via Huffington Post]

Philadelphia, 2011

New York, 2008

[via Flickr]

Los Angeles, 2010

[via CuriousJosh and LA Weekly]

London, 2010

[via Demotix]

New York, 2011

[via Flickr]

Boston, 2011

[via The Boston Phoenix]