reasons to use braces?

JDMills · May 12, 2011

Honestly they are so much more comfortable than belts, with a belt I'm always adjusting my pants and pulling them up. I also get tons of compliments on them so that helps

Kent Wang · May 12, 2011

I find the front of the shirt doesn't lay well.

UrbanAesthetics · May 13, 2011

I love my braces. I think it's really about comfort and desire to differentiate yourself from everyone else that motivates me and many other guys to wear them. Although they can be a pain **********, Braces are a historic and stylish accessory that's 1,000 times better than clip-on Suspenders...

Azzurri · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

I find the front of the shirt doesn't lay well.

Same here. I have problems getting to tuck my shirt in neatly at the back as well.

Maccimus · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by pvrhye

I get the opposite. If I'm floating my trousers a bit, the shirt tails never try to ride up out of my pants.
this

David Reeves · May 13, 2011

I find them quite comfortable to wear and a little bit more dressed up when I put them on. I think they look pretty good as well.

Threadbearer · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by TheWraith

People wear them to keep their trousers up. Some people wear fancy colours and what not, using them as a fashion statement, but their primary function is to keep your trousers up.
+1 on this, but I'd also add that the decision to wear braces depends mostly on what kind of slacks you wear. If your slacks are cut to ride down near your hips -- like jeans and khakis, for instance -- then braces are not called for. If your slacks are cut to sit at your waist, then braces will keep them in place much more successfully than will a belt.

Barnabus · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by David Reeves

I find them quite comfortable to wear and a little bit more dressed up when I put them on. I think they look pretty good as well.

+1 same here

Sanguis Mortuum · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by juuceman

<fail> Vests and double breasted have nothing to do with the appropriate wear of braces.
You fail. His point seemed to be that a vest means a belt is inappropriate, therefore making braces a more likely option, though side-adjusters would be an option too.

Originally Posted by howbah

here in the USA, braces are used to straighten children's teeth. weird fact: In the UK, people use the word "braces" when they mean "suspenders"! (they don't ever use "braces" in our sense of the word, as any photo of a British person will confirm!!!)
'Braces' is used over here just as much for the tooth-straightening apparatus as in the sartorial context; probably more so considering how few people wear the latter these days. We just aren't as obsessed with having perfect teeth as the shallow image-obsessed Americans. And 'suspenders' are worn by women to hold up their stockings...

OxxfordSJLINY · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Sanguis Mortuum

You fail. His point seemed to be that a vest means a belt is inappropriate, therefore making braces a more likely option, though side-adjusters would be an option too.

'Braces' is used over here just as much for the tooth-straightening apparatus as in the sartorial context; probably more so considering how few people wear the latter these days. We just aren't as obsessed with having perfect teeth as the shallow image-obsessed Americans. And 'suspenders' are worn by women to hold up their stockings...

Don't forget a rear adjuster if the trousers are belt-less and suspender-less self adjusting trousers.

Archivist · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by OxxfordSJLINY

Don't forget a rear adjuster if the trousers are belt-less and suspender-less self adjusting trousers.

Does the rear adjuster offer any advantage/functional difference form side adjusters, or is it just a different way of doing the same thing?

And on the original topic, I find that braces work better than belts, and are more comfortable.

howbah · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Sanguis Mortuum

over here 'suspenders' are worn by women to hold up their stockings...

really? seems like overkill. here in the US women use garter belts for that.

Sanguis Mortuum · May 13, 2011

Originally Posted by howbah

really? seems like overkill. here in the US women use garter belts for that.

(In the unlikely case that you're not actually joking, over here suspenders and garters are the same thing)

phoenixrecon · May 13, 2011

on a side note how can you tell if a pair of braces is well made and who still makes well made braces.

Montauk · May 13, 2011

I like the way braces feel, but not the way they look, so I tend by default to only wear them with DBs or 3 pcs myself.

Also, I think that "braces" is an entirely acceptable Anglicism for Americans to adopt as it makes a useful distinction from clip-on suspenders.

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