BRACES (SUSPENDERS)

[flattopcomb]

I like them because. Trousers should hang not be belted at the waist. Jeans and chinos are better with belts

 

[filfoster]

I like them because. Trousers should hang not be belted at the waist. Jeans and chinos are better with belts

Agreed. For any of us body types, doesn't hanging the trousers make more comfortable sense than cinching them around our middles?

 

[MikeBravo]

English braces and sock garters with an equestrian motif.

I just saw this. Very nice find

 

[sandyg]

nice

 

[Anthony Jordan]

very nice! The sock suspenders in particular are quite remarkable - I've never seen anything like them.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The sock suspenders in particular are quite remarkable - I've never seen anything like them.

In the 1940s and '50s, Fifth Avenue haberdasher/designer Calvin Curtis sold matching sets of braces and sock garters with whimsical patterns.

"Pre-WWII New York City haberdasher Calvin Curtis ... designed eccentric, often humorous braces for influential men of the period. For Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he created 'America Hurrah!' in the early 1940s."

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I accepted delivery of a pair of Albert Thurston black wool braces today. I was hoping that they would be boxcloth, but I think that I can get them to work.

Thanx!!!
Charlie

 

[Zeropositive]

I recently bought a pair of turnbull and asser braces in a paisley wine print made of silk.

I can't find a photo online to show the rest of you but I might try and link a photo later.

 

[Mario]

I have an old pair of off-white suspenders. The elastic fabric has yellowed over time and I'd like to clean them but I have no idea to go about it without possibly damaging the leather parts. Any ideas?

 

[Tomasso]

Wash in a mixture of tepid water and mild detergent (Woolite, etc), leather is more resilient than you'd think. That said, if the leather is dry you may wish to treat it with a moisturizer beforehand, as well as afterwards.

 

[PoohBang]

Just finished my first pair. Hickory Stripe, Vegetable tanned leather....

 

[Lefty]

I'd been thinking of getting a pair of these from the bay for quite a while, but that all ended when I found these this past weekend.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I don't know about the rest of your Gents, but I cannot wear all elastic suspenders. They don't hold my pants up. I have two pairs of Albert Thurston suspenders & I like that the back is elastic while the fronts are either boxcloth or wool felt.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I don't know about the rest of your Gents, but I cannot wear all elastic suspenders.

Bruce, you need a pair of GUYOT suspenders: perhaps the best-functioning non-elastic braces ever produced.

More information here: http://segui-riveted.blogspot.com/2011/07/celebrating-americas-birthday-in-style.html

 

[MikeBravo]

I prefer the cloth-fronted braces myself. The elastic at the back is pretty handy though

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I recently noticed a few listings on ebay, (they are over now) but the item description listed the suspenders as being silk with leather. I think I should have bid on them now, but was not sure if they would be O.K. or not?

 

[MikeBravo]

I prefer the cloth-fronted braces myself. The elastic at the back is pretty handy though

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Elastic at the back is fine, it's the all elastic that I can't use because they don't hold my pants up.

 

[hPPYs]

I just bought 2 pairs of braces from Bromleys.

 

[Edward]

Just finished my first pair. Hickory Stripe, Vegetable tanned leather....

Very nice indeed. You going into business with these?

I don't know about the rest of your Gents, but I cannot wear all elastic suspenders. They don't hold my pants up. I have two pairs of Albert Thurston suspenders & I like that the back is elastic while the fronts are either boxcloth or wool felt.

I've never had a problem with elastic ones, though I can imagine if the elastic starts to sag with age that can be a problem. My favourites are efinitely my Albert Thurstons, just wish they were cheaper! :eusa_doh: