# Ever worn suspenders?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-worn-suspenders/721068>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-worn-suspenders/721068 "2015-05-28T20:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-worn-suspenders/721068/61 "2015-05-31T03:03:35Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> I seem to recall that the bustiest of us (which would be me) wore the suspenders down. …Or am I mixing that up with overalls?

Dunno, but I recall that everyone wore the overalls half-down (unbuttoned on one side). If you unbuttoned all the way, wouldn’t the overalls fall off?

I’ve only ever seen skinheads wear suspenders down. Usually with a t-shirt, jeans, and Doc Martins.

I wore suspenders in 8th grade. Another in the rainbow-Mork set. I wasn’t popular or unpopular, kind of in-between. I wouldn’t wear them now because my boobs would be in the way.

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-worn-suspenders/721068/62 "2015-05-31T03:31:25Z")

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> [@sitchensis](#):
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> I wear “[Cinch Up](http://www.sears.com/welch-mens-elastic-cinch-up-x-back-suspenders/p-0000000000000000349100000000000006298838P?hlSellerId=3491&sid=IDx20110310x00001i&kpid=SPM9961227118&kispla=SPM9961227118&kpid=SPM9961227118)” suspenders. 2 inch wide black elastic with steel metal buckles. I avoid the brass buckles because I don’t want to look like a war reenactor. 🙂

I often wear suspenders/braces, but, when I look at those, and the securing straps at the end, all I can think of is those things that cowboys hang onto the bumper backs of their pickups.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-worn-suspenders/721068/63 "2015-05-31T13:16:53Z")

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When I was a kid, maybe 6-7 years old, my parents got me an outfit with suspenders. I’d forgotten about that until now. Haven’t worn suspenders since I outgrew that outfit.

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