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Mike_The_Greek_Guy t1_j86yu2n wrote

OK so in a lot of old movies all the farm/ country people wear trousers with suspenders. Belts were a thing from BC so, is it like that they were too expensive for the average farmer to acquire in contrast to suspenders?

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jezreelite t1_j876uu5 wrote

It wasn't that belts were too expensive. As demonstrated in this historical video of Prince Albert's wardrobe, wealthy upper class men also wore suspenders at the time.

The issue was that trousers in the 18th and 19th centuries were high-waisted and belts wouldn't have helped keep them up, especially because trousers weren't made with belt loops.

Trousers became lower waisted and began to made with belt loops in the 1920s.

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