A man wearing classic braces, which hook directly into the trousers with buttons instead of using clips.

Suspenders or Galluses, known as Braces in British English, are elastic fabric straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers. Trousers are an item of Clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth stretching across The entire strap of braces may be elasticated, or only at attachment ends, with the most of the straps being of woven cloth with either a X-Back or Y-back crosspatch and leather end tabs. Braces typically attach to trousers with clips or, less commonly nowadays, with buttons. In British English the term suspenders or suspender belt refers to a garter belt, used to hold up stockings. Garters are articles of Clothing: narrow bands of fabric fastened about the leg used to keep Stockings up

History

There have been several precursors to braces throughout the past 300 years, but the modern type were first invented in 1822 by Albert Thurston, and were once almost universally worn due to the high cut of Mid-19th and early 20th-century trousers; this cut made a belt impractical as trousers of the time were made to be worn noticeably higher than modern ones. A belt is a flexible band typically made of Leather or heavy Cloth, and worn around the Waist. Braces originally had an H-back; later x-backs were invented and finally, y-backs.

As modern underwear was not created until the 1930s, the brace tapes on one's Union suit would usually be looped through the braces, linking them to the trousers. A union suit is a type of one-piece long underwear. Created in Utica New York, United States, it originated as women's wear during the nineteenth-century

Modern elasticated (and better-fitting) garments may have played a part in braces falling out of vogue. Many business people, newscasters (most famously Larry King) and lawyers, however, still wear braces, whether for image or comfort, and they are regarded as fashionable by most men's fashion experts in America. Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Such braces are usually considered white collar wear and are of high-quality, which means that they are made to be buttoned to trousers. White-collar worker refers to a salaried professional or an educated Worker who performs semi-professional office administrative and sales coordination tasks as opposed to

It is sometimes considered faux pas to wear both suspenders and a belt at the same time. This is referenced in the film Once Upon a Time in the West. Once Upon a Time in the West ( Italian title C'Era una Volta il West) is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western Other films however, such as The Mummy (1999) and numerous John Wayne films, show many characters doing this. The Mummy is a 1999 American Adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American

Braces are also popular with some women, but as more of a fashion statement than for practicality.

Larry King

External links

• US323416  Suspenders - G. Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host C. Hale
• US121992  Improvement in adjustable and detachable straps for garments