I'm thinking of wearing suspenders when teaching. No jacket or tie though just pants and shirt and shoes and suspenders and sundries. I don't want to look old-farty or geeky and I want them to have some panache and either match or contrast with what I'm wearing.
I do not want to spend a bundle on them but I want a few different ones that have some interest and style to them, sort'a like some ties do.
If you're not shopping Brooks Brothers, the Dockers line is about the minimum you want to go. Be sure you don't pick a brand that has a metal claw directly in contact with the fabric.
For real style, get braces that actually button to the pants. This will involve modification to most pants, or a pant actually designed for them.
It's a tough style to carry off. Joe Cocker did okay, but he's always been a bit weird.
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George
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Tue 25 May, 2010 02:43 pm
Yeah, I think suspenders would be a good look for you.
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Izzie
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Tue 25 May, 2010 03:06 pm
@Chumly,
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I'm thinking of wearing suspenders when teaching. No jacket or tie though just pants and shirt and shoes and suspenders and sundries.
Good Lawd!
I totally had a visual ... then on reading Rogers comment realised that this is an American forum...
I'm West Coast Canadian so most anything is OK style-wise. Some of the Instructors have hair halfway to their waist, some go cue-ball, some dress like they just emerged from the 50's, some dress in slacks and golf-shirts, some dress in jeans & teeshirt, etc.
You had another recent topic about your work clothes image where I posted a few links for suspenders and vests. Have you taken a look at those links yet?
I always wondered if there wasn't something a little off about ol' Chumly.
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Izzie
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Tue 25 May, 2010 04:14 pm
@ehBeth,
Oh please do take a pic - of the students faces of course - they would be soooooooooo shocked... and with what you are teaching... would be par for the course. Excellent learning lesson..,
sorry, just funnin'a bit - I just could imagine (with the wonderful sense of humour that A2K says) that a teacher would do this... of BPB - I could see him in suspenders and lycra
One of the bits of schtick my 25 y/o son does from time to time is say that he wants to wear suspenders when he is an old . . . a time of life that he anticipates with relish. He sees himself with his thumbs through his suspenders, pontificating.
I remember that suspenders were the rage in the northeastern US during the . . .80s, was it? My ex-husband wore them, both under a three piece suit and with jeans, looking very lumberjackish.
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ehBeth
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Tue 25 May, 2010 04:32 pm
@plainoldme,
Chum's left-coast Canajun. He's not going to wear stockings AND slacks. That'd be a bit too east-coast up-tight.
Oh, so just the stockings? I pictured that Monte Python judges-in-drag-under-their-robes skit. Does he also wear a shirt?
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Chumly
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Tue 25 May, 2010 06:37 pm
@Izzie,
"Sexy suspender straps delicately holding up eye-catching stockings"; not quite what I had in mind but...it would keep the student's amused/bemused/excused!
Suspenders are still cool. Just not the wide strap-metal clip with the Budweiser or Harley Davidson logos kind. Those are strictly for farmers and douche bags.
Try a bowtie? A bow tie and suspenders will give you a "Dr Mallard" look.
DO you drive a Peugeot? DO they even ,make Peugeots?
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Chumly
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Wed 26 May, 2010 08:05 am
How can I wear suspenders with loose shirts? Oh pooh, I wear my shirts out (part of my dealio) so I'm not sure how to wear suspenders with loose shirts.
Peugeots and bowties? The closest I get to anything French is at 2:00 a.m. on Fridays (wife permitting) and the closet thing I get to anything around my neck is a fitful albatross.
Way too warm to wear a teeshirt under my shirt. I can't wear a jacket or a tie or a vest for the same reason; I'd boil! Like many institutional HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) you cannot open the windows and the HVAC system does a crappy job of keeping the temperature and humidity at sane levels.
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