hi I'm Antonio Centeno I'm the founder
of real men real style today I'm going
to be speaking with you about five tips
on how to properly wear suspenders now I
know some of you guys out there are
considering making the move to
suspenders and it's probably a smart
decision I'm going to talk to you about
how to properly wear them so that uh
yeah so that you do this right so you
don't go out there and buy suspenders
and never use them so before we get into
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ahead and dive into this now I need to
point out that this is in support of an
infographic an article which I've
created over at real men real style I'm
going to go into a lot more detail there
so if you want more information
something isn't clear go check out the
infographic go check out the article I
go into a lot more and in this video I'm
not necessarily going to talk about the
different types of suspenders I've
created a whole separate video for that
today I'm going to talk about five tips
so you can actually well you can make a
smart purchasing decision and you know
that suspenders are right for you so
number one when you're out there looking
to buy suspenders
what is the need why do you why do you
need suspenders is it something that and
for a lot of guys in a little bit of the
history on braces or suspenders it used
to be this was how trousers were held up
we didn't actually use belts I think it
was World War two where we saw the
suspenders pretty much disappear one of
the reasons is you could make trousers a
bit shorter so instead of ending at the
natural waist we pushed them down all of
a sudden and jeans have been doing this
for a long time I think guys that were
making of the companies that are making
dress pants dress slacks they said let's
go ahead and push it down we're going to
save fabric and belts became more
popular now belts if you think about it
are not as good as suspenders because to
two reasons one belts especially on big
men they're trying to put tension on an
area which actually is angled like this
so if you think about it you're going to
have to put a lot of tension if you're a
larger man
to keep your pants from falling down you
seen it guys
gentlemen are out there their pants are
falling down they're trying to pull it
up this is a clear case of they need
suspenders another advantage of wearing
suspenders
it actually lengthens the apparent
length of your leg line so if you're a
larger man suspenders are always going
to look better basically they're going
to make your legs look longer which in a
sense makes you look taller so the
biggest barrier and this goes to need
why need and why focus on it as the
number one reason is psychological
because if you aren't convinced the
suspenders are going to actually make
you look better if you're actually going
to wear them if you're not but if you
don't buy into the psychological
benefits here you're not going to
probably make the shift and that's one
thing I don't want I don't want you to
go out there buy suspenders and not use
them so make sure that they are right
for you if you're going to wear
suspenders I know some of you guys it's
not really a need but it's a one perhaps
it's a fashion one you want it something
that's going to look cool you want to
strap them on without a jacket and have
some color that's going to something
that's going to set you apart from the
crowd
perhaps you're a dancer and you want to
get out there and you want don't even
want to bother with your pants possibly
you know creeping down and you want to
be able to do a bit of action that is a
great reason but make sure that your
innocence you're going to want to make
sure that when you're purchasing those
you know what you're buying them for so
that you get your money's worth whatever
you spend on this so whether it be
fashionable whether you need them simply
to hold up your pants understand what
your need is
number two you basically do not want to
wear suspenders with a belt
now most pants in fact almost every pair
of pants it's made by an off-the-rack
off-the-rack company and what I mean by
that pre-manufactured non-custom they're
going to come with belt loops because
they assume that you're going to wear at
some point a belt with them most of us
don't worry belts up actually even
though like when you're wearing jeans
how many guys you know actually wear
belts with the jeans unless they're
talking in the shirt so belt loops
aren't always used with suspenders you
do not want to try to wear the belt and
then put on suspenders it actually kind
of defeats the purpose suspenders are
there to replace the belt
there is one exception to this work
suspenders there are certain work
suspenders that are made to work with
belts and the reason being is you're
hanging tools actually offer your belt
and the suspenders are there so your
pants do not say in that case that
combination is acceptable pretty much
every other combination I wouldn't try
it so buy the right type of suspenders
is point in tip number three so I have
an entire video and once you go over the
five types of suspenders but really
quick we're going to have basically
black tie suspenders we're going to have
dress suspenders that are more geared
towards business dress we're going to
have casual suspenders which are going
to bring in colors and I mentioned
perhaps if you're a dancer you're going
to be going out and doing a lot of
activity that would be a great option
for you there are work suspenders which
are type number four and then finally we
have undergarment suspenders and those
are for men who perhaps have a bit of
weight on them want to wear their shirt
untucked but don't want to be always
pulling their pants up suspenders that
are worn as an undergarment are a great
option so we've talked about the need no
belt by the right type of suspender by
the right size of suspenders gentlemen
that's point number four so suspenders
come in a wide range you can often buy
the wrong size and make it work the
problem with that is that you're going
to over stretch especially if the main
from an elastic material and you're
going to shorten the length also they're
going to become work uncomfortable and
you just may find that your pants are
riding up too high so buy the right size
42 inch suspenders are going to fit men
from about five foot to five foot nine
all the way up to about fifty four inch
suspenders those are going to fit guys
from about six foot one to six foot five
I'm going to link over to an article
which is going to have a breakout of a
chart for you that tells you exactly
what to buy if you have a question reach
out to the company that you're going to
be buying from and ask them what is
right for you now the last part is uh
how are you going to attach the
suspenders to the pants so sometimes
you're going to some guys go off and
they buy the suspenders they get them
and they look at them and then realize I
don't have any buttons on my pants how
am I going to attach realize there are
two main types of attachment there's
actually six but I'm going to talk
the two main ones and that is button
attachments and the other one is a clip
attachment if you do not have and let's
say you're going to be attaching it to
jeans you're a dancer you want something
that's going to look good but also hold
your your jeans up because that you wear
them a little bit loose so that you can
move in this case you want to go with
clips clips especially that they've got
a tack or basically a pin in there those
are called biting clips and there they
are going to stay and they're going to
put a small hole usually not to bad
genes it's not going to be that big of
an issue but you want to avoid these
type of Clips if you're going to be
using them with dress pants if you're
not going to need and those by the way
those body ones are also great for work
suspenders as well but if you can I
would I would look at if you're going to
make a long term move over let's say
you're a large man you've made the
decision that suspenders are right for
you well then look at having buttons
sewn into your trousers or you can even
find clip-on buttons and that's going to
be the better option if you wanted to go
because I really think that it's a lot
easier it doesn't damage the clothing
and sew button suspenders are for the
long term solution if that's what you're
going to go with with most of your
wardrobe however if you're just doing it
occasionally then go with the clips and
if you are going to have a lot of
movement or for work go with the biding
clip so gentlemen those are my five tips
hopefully you found this useful
do not forget I've got a video that
supports this and I talked about the
different types of suspenders in
addition I've got an entire infographic
and article that supports this as well
guys wish you the best I'll see you in
the next video let me know what you
think in the comments take care bye
you