Button Suspenders are a type of strap that are generally used for holding up men’s trousers before they eventually started using belts more often. The most well-known type of the old days happen to be the button type suspenders with the curved or pointed things with holes that connect the suspenders with the buttons sewn into the pants.

The term “button” for the suspenders themselves is derived from the fact that the suspenders connect to buttons sewn to the trousers that men wear. The most common types of trousers that men wear happened to be known as the “fishtail back” type as they appear to be most realistic for the backs of the suspenders.

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“When suspenders were first “invented” back in the early 1800s, they were fastened to pants via buttons. Today, many different types of suspender attachments are available, but none can rival the classic and traditional look and feel of button-on suspenders.”

“Button suspenders come with a variety of button-end attachments. The most common is a leather strip with holes on each end – we often refer these types of button-on suspender attachments as “mustaches” since, when attached, they form the shape of a man’s mustache. Depending on the color of the suspender, these leather button attachments can be white, brown (light or dark), or black.”

“The second type of button attachment is a sewn fabric runner-end attachment. Since these attachments are made of fabric, when attached to the pants they form a shape like a letter “V”. This type of button attachment is typically found on dress braces or formal suspenders as it results in a more upscale look.”

“At the opposite end of the casual-dressy button attachment spectrum are industrial button-on attachments. As the name suggests, these suspenders feature a heavier duty button-end attachment that provides additional sturdiness to heavier duty, work suspenders. These types of attachments can be found on our firefighter and logger suspenders, as well as in our Rugged Comfort suspender line.”

There is a shopping website dedicated to selling suspenders themselves. In fact, I will give you a link to the button suspenders section of the website to give you some insight to this too.

https://www.suspenderstore.com/shop-by-attachment/button-suspenders/

Several movies and TV shows seem to be bringing back the use of button suspenders for characters’ costumes, likely in older settings like the 1800s or early-to-mid 1900s. In fact, there are several cases where we have seen people of today’s generation prefer the use of button suspenders instead of the usual common clip and snap type suspenders we see today.