Suspenders: Difference between revisions

 

==History==

There have been several precursors to suspenders throughout the past 300 years, but modern suspenders were first popularised as "braces" in 1822 by a London [[haberdasher]] Albert Thurston.<ref>''ID: Magazine of International Design'' Volume 55, Issues 5-7 p144 Susan Yelavich Brace Yourself An uplifting history of suspenders Today it's hard to fathom suspenders as radical chic, but not so in the late 1780s. ... a British haberdasher named Albert Thurston who made them a gentleman's commodity in 1822. (Thurston's in London still sells them today.)"</ref><ref>'' Textile Technology Digest'' Volume 51, Issues 7-12 1994 p.84 "Although founded in London in 1820, the company has been trading in Leicester only since 1984, when Richard Kew bought the name of Thurston from a company owned by Gallaghers."</ref> They were once almost universally worn, due to the high cut of mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century skirts and trousers that made a [[belt (clothing)|belt]] impractical. During the nineteenth century, suspenders were sometimes called galluses.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jensen|first=Joan M.|title=With these hands : women working on the land|year=1981|publisher=Feminist Press|location=Old Westbury, N.Y.|isbn=9780912670904|pages=[https://archive.org/details/withthesehands00joan/page/83 83]|url=https://archive.org/details/withthesehands00joan|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fashion Glossary - G|url=http://www.ntgi.net/ICCF&D/g.htm|work=The Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design|access-date=16 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020130170012/http://www.ntgi.net/ICCF%26D/g.htm|archive-date=30 January 2002}}</ref> Samuel Clemens, known for his work as the author [[Mark Twain]], patented "Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments" (ADSG), becoming one of the first to receive a United States patent for suspenders in 1871.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2037331,00.html "A Brief History of Suspenders"], Retrieved 31 March 2014</ref>

 

Narrow, clip-on style suspenders are also a typical part of [[skinhead]], and to a lesser extent, [[punk fashion]]. In skinhead and punk fashion, suspenders are typically between {{convert|3/4|and|1|in|cm}} in width.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

 

 

Suspenders can be measured in a variety of different ways to ensure proper fitting. To accurately measure suspenders, first, start by measuring from the back pant line, then cross over the opposite shoulder down to the front pant line. Add a few additional inches for adjustments when required.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mrbowtie.ca/pages/measuring |title = How to Measure Suspenders Size {{!}} Mr. Bow Tie}}</ref>