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Men in suits: belt or no belt?

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I know that the purist thing to do is to give the belt a miss when wearing a high-end suit (not to disrupt the harmony of the fabric... *yawn*) but I really find it awkward. I suspect you need a tall and lean figure to pull this off.

― Gigolo Grasiento (baaderonixx), Friday, 24 July 2009 11:34 (seventeen years ago)

my belt is usually the only thing keeping my pants up, given the size of my arse relative to my waist.

― Bobkate Goldtwat (darraghmac), Friday, 24 July 2009 11:40 (seventeen years ago)

no belt but definitely wear a top hat

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 24 July 2009 13:48 (seventeen years ago)

Er, have you heard of this marvelous invention called "suspenders"?

― Lisa Simpson = a fictional bitch (HI DERE), Friday, 24 July 2009 13:58 (seventeen years ago)

no way

― Gigolo Grasiento (baaderonixx), Friday, 24 July 2009 14:08 (seventeen years ago)

belts are nagl generally

― here comes the slug line (Lamp), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

If you have pants that are tailored with adjustable straps at the hips, you don't need a belt, nor, generally, would you be able to wear one since they would omit any belt loops. I don't think, if your pants are properly fitted and so is your jacket, that the added security of a belt will ruin the line of your suit, but if that's what your fear, some bretelles would work admirably.

― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Friday, 24 July 2009 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

i had no idea this was a thing but i never wear suits

― velko, Friday, 24 July 2009 21:03 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, it's pretty easy for me :
if your trousers have adjustable straps : no belt, no suspenders
if they don't but have suspenders buttons : suspenders
otherwise : belt

― AleXTC, Monday, 27 July 2009 09:47 (seventeen years ago)

you wear suspenders?
yeah for me I just find it weird not to wear any belt, so I basically always wear one

― Gigolo Grasiento (baaderonixx), Monday, 27 July 2009 10:53 (seventeen years ago)

I have some and like them in general but, somehow, I almost never wear them.
most of the times it's belt, yeah.

― AleXTC, Monday, 27 July 2009 11:46 (seventeen years ago)


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