Suspenders, known as Braces in British English and Tomboon Band in Persian, are elastic fabric straps, run over the shoulders, that hold up trousers. The entire strap of braces may be elasticated, or only at attachment ends, with the most of the straps being of woven cloth with either a X-Back or Y-back crosspatch and leather end tabs. Braces typically attach to trousers with clips or, less commonly nowadays, with buttons. In British English the term suspenders or suspender belt refers to a garter belt, used to hold up stockings. Braces were once almost universally worn due to the high cut of Mid-19th and early 20th-century trousers; this cut made a belt impractical inasmuch as trousers were not made to rest on the hips. Modern elasticated (and better-fitting) garments may have played a part in braces falling out of vogue. Many business people, newscasters (most famously Larry King) and lawy

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