shirt garters?

[Chad Sanborn]

I guess that's the right term. I have heard that they make these 'garters' that attach your shirt to your socks to your shirt to keep them both pulled taught.
Anyone know of these?

Chad

 

[BellyTank]

...not just pulling your leg!

http://www.leonuniform.com/ShirtGarter.htm

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[jamespowers]

That is just too weird. Wouldn't the buckles chafe under your clothes?
If they work, let me know. :cheers1:


Regards to all,

J

 

[The Wingnut]

They work. A friend of mine is a crew chief at Travis AFB and he swears by those. He's constantly getting high marks for efficiency. His boots are always polished, shirt always bloused, tunic always pressed.

Only issue with those straps is sitting down and having them play hell with your pant legs at the knees. You have to make sure that your socks are high enough and your shirttail long enough to minimize it.

 

[Zemke Fan]

An alternative...

I just use a little crazy glue. Course I've got lots of *raw* patches on my posterior, but I guarantee that your shirt tail stays put for as long as you want!

 

[Sefton]

On a somewhat related note...what about Sock garters? I mean the kind that connect to the socks by a clip and the other end wraps around the thick part of your calf. Does anyone here use these? Where could I buy these?

 

[jamespowers]

On a somewhat related note...what about Sock garters? I mean the kind that connect to the socks by a clip and the other end wraps around the thick part of your calf. Does anyone here use these? Where could I buy these?

Yep, I always wear them with my suits. It keeps those damned socks from falling down and making you look ridiculous. Today's sock elastics stink. After a few washings you either throw them away or get out the sock garters. I use the sock garters. A friend of mine even has this problem with DKNY socks and the like.
He also uses sock garters. Saves on the cost of new dress socks. You can find them brand new in the antique and second hand stores around here. I am surprised you haven't found any yet. It seems there are either too many people that like buying socks or they think sock garters are stocking garters for female midgets. I will have to ask my friend. He found a place that has plenty of them NOS in the packages! If he didn't buy them all there should still be some left. :kick:

Regards to all,

J

 

[jamespowers]

Only issue with those straps is sitting down and having them play hell with your pant legs at the knees. You have to make sure that your socks are high enough and your shirttail long enough to minimize it.

That was what I was thinking when I saw them.

Regards to all,

J

 

[BellyTank]

Those durned shirt garters sure put a spring in yer step-

People with chunky calves often have trouble with their socks staying up.

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[Corey]

We called them "shirt stays"

When I was in the Navy, we called these "shirt stays," not garters. And they do work, and the buckles *usually* don't chafe. When we were first issued them, our instructors told us to wear all four (two on the front of the shirt, two on the back) and wrap them around our legs. This certainly kept our shirttail in, but left some bald patches on the legs of the hairier members of my squad.

I eventually learned a far better method of using two, clipping one end just to the rear of the shirt's side seam and then pulling is straight down to the sock. I've even found myself wearing them again with my civilian suits during a recent round of job interviews. They do help you look a little sharper!

 

[wackyvorlon]

Those look like a really good idea... I find especially these days, they don't make shirts with enough material in tail! I am perpetually dealing with a clump of fabric at the small of my back.

 

[BellyTank]

Got a Hunch?

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[scotrace]

I can fix that hump.

 

[BellyTank]

Yeh, but a Hunch will never stand up in court...

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[jamespowers]

Yeh, but a Hunch will never stand up in court...

Yeah but that Hunch rings a bell......

 

[BellyTank]

Good one James-

...get him to a Hospital ASAP!!!

What is it?

A big building where sick people live-

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[Bugsy]

It is rare that I leave the house NOT wearing my calf garters. The gentleman is quite correct about modern elastic in socks. For those interested, you might go to www.cablecarclothiers.com. This is a very traditional men's store in San Francisco which specializes in English goods. They have a huge selection of Thurston garters from England in solids and stripes.

 

[jamespowers]

It is rare that I leave the house NOT wearing my calf garters. The gentleman is quite correct about modern elastic in socks. For those interested, you might go to www.cablecarclothiers.com. This is a very traditional men's store in San Francisco which specializes in English goods. They have a huge selection of Thurston garters from England in solids and stripes.

Sounds interesting. I have a suit from their establishment from quite a long time ago. How long have they been at that same location?

Regards,

J

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Sounds interesting. I have a suit from their establishment from quite a long time ago. How long have they been at that same location?

They used to be near the old Emporium dept. store. Might be there still. I wonder if they still sell their "Oxford-Midlands" dress shirt with the round collar?

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[Orgetorix]

As for the shirt stays/garters, I have the ones linked above. I like that they keep my shirt tucked and my socks up, but they always made my boxers bunch up in uncomfortable ways, so I abandoned them.