# Do men still wear sock suspenders? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375 "2006-12-08T17:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375/21 "2006-12-09T17:50:32Z")
[QUOTE=Way Too Happy] And the there’s the “Hints from Heloise” method: Immediately prior to putting one’s socks on, wet a bar of soap, apply a band of soap around your leg where the tops of your socks will rest. Put on your socks, and providing your legs aren’t going to perspire, socks stay up! [/QUOTE] Wow, I’ve never heard that before. Ignorance fought? ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375/22 "2006-12-09T18:26:28Z")
[Sock garter modelled](http://www.muldoonsmenswear.com/sgarter.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375/23 "2006-12-09T19:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=Rayne Man] When I was a young lad in short trousers and long socks (required school uniform till you were 13 back in the 60’s) we wore another sort of “suspender” . This was a loop of elastic worn just below the knee and concealed by the turned-over top of the sock. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah! That used to be part of our Girl Scouts uniform, except it had a little tassel thing for ornamentation that came out of the fold. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375/24 "2006-12-09T19:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Oh yeah! That used to be part of our Girl Scouts uniform, except it had a little tassel thing for ornamentation that came out of the fold. [/QUOTE] And bloody uncomfortable they were. If you had them even a little bit too tight you were left with a red indentation around your leg which lasted for days. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375/25 "2006-12-09T19:40:20Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Okay, now I’m all about socks that stay up, but wouldn’t it be easier to just buy elasticized socks? I’m not sure I could find a pair of men’s socks that _didn’t_ have really good elastic. In fact, I just bought a couple pair for my dad. He’s one of those guys who goes a little catatonic if his socks fall down. [/QUOTE] I believe sock garters date from the “silk stocking” days. Silk socks have no elasticity. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375/26 "2006-12-09T22:55:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rayne Man] And bloody uncomfortable they were. If you had them even a little bit too tight you were left with a red indentation around your leg which lasted for days. [/QUOTE] I think the uniforms have, like, cargo pants and belly shirts and a tongue piercing these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-still-wear-sock-suspenders/383375.md?page=1)