The best suspenders attach to buttons on the trousers, Rainwater says, though most pants don't come with those buttons. Other styles have clips that fasten to belt loops.

Suspenders date back as far as 18th century France, where strips of ribbon were attached to buttonholes of trousers for one reason or another. Back then, suspenders were considered undergarments ...

The ubiquitous tool belt isn't for everyone. An alternative tool carrying solution is a DIY leather tool vest. It will last you forever and you can design it to fit the exact tools you need.

The fashion of the day dictated that men wear high-waisted pants — so high-waisted, in fact, that a belt could not actually be used to hold them up. Thurston’s suspenders attached via leather ...