Suit pants without belt loops
007Downunder
Hobart, Australia Posts: 373MI6 Agent
Hi a question for clothes experts in particular I expect Matt S. I wear a suit everyday and have done for decades. My suits have always had belt loops and I've always worn a belt.
I'd always associated a lack of belt with dinner suit pants.
I know the Tom Ford suits don't have belt loops I recently bought a couple of Anthony Sinclair suits and they have no loops but have tabs.
I'm interested in the reason for this other brands such as Hugo Boss always came with belt loops.
I'd always associated a lack of belt with dinner suit pants.
I know the Tom Ford suits don't have belt loops I recently bought a couple of Anthony Sinclair suits and they have no loops but have tabs.
I'm interested in the reason for this other brands such as Hugo Boss always came with belt loops.
Anthony
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These are called Daks slacks or pants. Connery had these type of pants on all of his suits. In fact the button for the side tab/adjuster was the hold down for Connery's/Bond's custom holsters. I'm sure Matt S will weigh in with a more detailed discussion with regard to the use of this type of slacks or pants.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
He had done an infographic thanks to a comment I had made for this exact situation.
Here's an article I wrote that might help explain them further: http://www.bondsuits.com/trouser-adjusters/
In regards to the term "Daks slacks" that Donald Grant gave, those are specific to the kind of trouser support that Connery wore with button tabs and elastic. Tom Ford and modern Anthony Sinclair trousers use side straps instead as a means of self support.
Here's a link to the visual guide that Dirty Punker mentioned: http://www.bondsuits.com/trouser-support-illustrated/
The side adjusters do give a nice clean look. However if you wear a gun in an IWB holster with this type of pants, you will find over time that your pants waist line will tend to wander south. That's why I had my Anthony Sinclair suit made with buttons inside the waist for suspenders. People who do protection work and routinely wear suits like U.S.S.S. and D.S.S. will often wear suspenders along with belts because of all the stuff they carry on their waistbands. Besides the gun, think extra magazines, handcuffs, ASP baton, radio etc.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Very interesting and informative! I hadn’t been thinking of law enforcement or executive protection. But it makes total sense. I’m an American with a concealed carry permit and I’ve used a shoulder holster once or twice with a suit a la Bond. In the Skyfall PTS I recall he kept his spare mags in his jacket pockets.
But I would amend my original post to say that belts and suspenders have their uses. Not to mention that they can be fun to wear. In general, though, I see too many American men who are unaware of the existence of side adjusters.
And I reserve my suspenders strictly to drag night only... but then, I'm not American.
Side adjusters every time -{