Just make sure to use either suspenders or a belt but never both. It’s like double wrapping your dingus, if it can’t be done right the first way, the second way isn’t going to improve the situation, so if done correctly, the second way is redundant.
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How am i supposed to trust you? You don't even trust your belt.
I bought these last year together with "Italian work pants" and "Wool pants" found on the same store! Really upped my way of dressing and had lots of good comments so far!
Fun to combine with old shirts I rarely used.
https://varusteleka.com/en-se/products/helsingin-olkain-button-braces?variant=51827424198995
So now I am a suspender guy
(I am Not affiliated with the store)
This guy needs to save some pussy for the rest of us
i was a suspenders guy for a dark time in my life. now i'm a belt buckle guy.
Aha, suspenders is American for braces!
So "suspenders and pants" is "braces and trousers".
Suspenders and pants in British:
Who's to say we aren't also wearing stockings and garters?
I am a much bigger fan of the British version apparently.
From a British point of view this whole comment section is hilarious 😂
"Wow, how kinky must these guys be to put wearing sexy lingerie in a dull guys' community"
Can verify. I got a pair for my Super Mario costume, and it felt like someone was following me with their fingers in my belt loops and holding my pants up.
Maybe someday, but I'm not yet ready to be known as the suspenders guy.
I'm worried it would change my whole personality. I know I'd do the "simple country lawyer" routine just to be funny at first. Then people would cringe as it became less and less of a joke. One day I'd look in the mirror and realize, "This is who I am. This is who I've always been. I am Clarence Thibodeaux. Got my law degree from a gumball machine."
Reminded me of complicated lawyer
That's because you are very perceptive. It is a direct reference to a Dropout interpretation of the simple country lawyer trope. While I love complicated lawyer, I based my comment more on the Willy Wonka's lawyer version:
+1. They are great. I prefer pants with the buttons sewn in rather than the more common steel clamps.
Do you have a good source for those?
Fwiw, any place that alters pants can add them cheaply. Then again, I only used them with suit pants that needed alterations anyway
I'mma nerd out on you. I sewed them myself. I've seen magazines advertising them so its not just me. ;)
I went through a suspenders phase when I was wearing suits on a regular basis. They’re both comfortable and another way to flash a little color when men’s fashion is so boring.
But it never occurred to me that you could wear them with other types of pants. Can you? These days I regularly wear khakis: are they appropriate? How about jeans?
I'm a dude, with no hips or ass to speak of. Suspenders work with everything.
I'm a khakis guy and recently switched to suspenders, specifically the kind meant to be worn under the shirt, and am loving the change. Much more comfortable IMO. I wear polo shirts untucked and people tell me they'd never know I wore them until pointed out.
I wear them with jeans all the time. They are Carhartt brand and quite robustly constructed. I’ve never worn them with khakis.
I tried suspenders once. The problem was when my pants were tailored I was 15 pounds heavier so by the time I tried to wear the suspensers with the pants, it just pulled my pants up uncomfortably. I had to ditch em.
I'm pretty drunk and stoned right now so I can't tell if you're joking. Sorry. That doesn't sound like a suspenders problem. They hold pants up, not down. Have you considered adjusting the length of the shoulder straps?
They held my pants up too well, that was the problem. The suspensers were stretchy and no matter how I adjusted them it was still pulling up too much.
Too small. You had the kids size.
P.S. I still can't tell if you're joking. But it's great either way.
My pants pulling up into my crotch is no joking manner. I'm not trying to say all suspenders are bad, just sharing my one experience with wearing them. I probably had the wrong type and was probably wearing them wrong but I was getting married in an hour so I had to take the suspensers off and wear a belt.
A wise decision.
Have you tried ... larger suspenders?
I have not. That was my only experience wearing suspenders and I was getting married an hour later so I didn't have much time to get a bigger pair.
Are you Wile E. Coyote?
I don't think so, did he get married but also have the wrong size wardrobe?
No, but he was world famous for trying a thing, having it fail, and then abandoning that thing entirely instead of addressing the minor failure issue and trying the same thing again.
i had a suspenders phase, but now i use them mostly for work pants. i have a pair with those suspender-specific buttons but i ordered them in the wrong size so they were way too big when i got them and now that i've lost like 20 pounds they are probably most accurately described as "cavernous". i should try them on again. could be a fun escape room experience.
This will only lead to more bow ties.
Men's braces are what they are called, my good man.
Like, bowties are cool man.
Every couple of years deciding to make a specific article of clothing my new personality
Do you also wear a belt or are you ok with the threat of elastic breaking?
With belt of course. But, I also wear a device similar to a skirt cage, I designed and built it myself. It rests on wheels on the floor and attaches to the belt. One can't be too safe when it comes to trousers.
I’m not brave enough to be a belt and suspenders guy but I am concerned about how I will carry my leatherman without a belt
If you decide you do want to be a belt and suspenders guy, look up Perry suspenders.
They make suspenders that hook under your belt. More reliable than the little metal clips, no buttons to add to your pants, and you still have a place to attach your Leatherman.
I've got several pairs and I've been pretty happy with them.
That's pretty cool. You can loosen your belt, but still have it there.
Attach it to the suspenders between your shoulders so you can do the cool draw from behind thing. A Leatherman isn't long enough to have problems like a sword.
If your elastic is breaking, you're doing something wrong.
That's victim blaming. Maybe you should consider talking to gravity instead of him.