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I just purchased a pair of Thurston Box Cloth braces. Unlike the ones I purchase in the US, adjusting them yields on excess of material (in a US made pair it's on a loop and automatically doubles over, hiding the excess).

What am I supposed to do with the excess material?

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Bracemaker said:
The boxcloth braces are designed in such a way that you can either cut the excess tabs off using sharp scissors (and one side as a template to achieve the half moon shape) or let the tabs hang down (my preference, and how the British aristocracy generally wear them if that is any comfort…)

See:-

https://www.bownsbespoke.com/albertthurston.htm
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Thanks - couldn't have asked for a quicker response! I 'll try the pink / crayon stripe tomorrow.
 
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Awesome. The exact same pair that I just recently got.

Got complimented on them in the office today actually (I was wearing a 3-piece and had taken my jacket off and the person saw a small flash of red under my waistcoat armhole and asked to have a look)
 
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Personally I tuck the running ends into the waistband of my trousers. I see this method as a sort of middle way between the radical-surgery/"end"-ectomy option and the more devil-may-care "let 'em hang freely" option.

Chacun a son gout.
 
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danielvh said:
Awesome. The exact same pair that I just recently got.

Got complimented on them in the office today actually (I was wearing a 3-piece and had taken my jacket off and the person saw a small flash of red under my waistcoat armhole and asked to have a look)
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Just checked these out and think I will have to go after a pair. Glad you got complimented. I find most guys do like the look of braces but don't have the "whatever" to wear them themselves. I just find they are so comfortable and better looking on dress or suit trousers and hey ho if you are going to wear a pair why not make it a loud and bright pair, they get the best compliments I find rather than the plain or dull ones.

Now they have been seenand complimented on are you going to still keep them hidden under your waistcoat or are you going to go for it and show them off. I would say go for it mate.
 
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Not to hijack the thread, but since you guys seem knowledgeable, can you take a stab at what size braces I would need? I won't have my tuxedo pants to try on until Oct. 21, and I will be cutting everything close for my wedding on Nov. 7.

I am 5'8", and wear a 42S jacket and 32" pants. Alternatively, can someone tell me from where to where to measure? Never having owned trousers with suspender buttons, I don't know where to measure from.

Thanks!
 
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PJC in NoVa said:
Personally I tuck the running ends into the waistband of my trousers. I see this method as a sort of middle way between the radical-surgery/"end"-ectomy option and the more devil-may-care "let 'em hang freely" option.

Chacun a son gout.
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Sounds good - mine only runs about an inch past my waist, so it's not as radical as the photo in Bracemaker's case.
 
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WillNYC said:
Not to hijack the thread, but since you guys seem knowledgeable, can you take a stab at what size braces I would need? I won't have my tuxedo pants to try on until Oct. 21, and I will be cutting everything close for my wedding on Nov. 7.

I am 5'8", and wear a 42S jacket and 32" pants. Alternatively, can someone tell me from where to where to measure? Never having owned trousers with suspender buttons, I don't know where to measure from.

Thanks!
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From where they attach at the front of your trousers, then over the shoulder to where they attach at the back - see tape measure button at top of every product page or FAQs section on our website www.albertthurston.com If in doubt go a size up as they can be adjusted down in length, but not the other way.
 
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Bracemaker said:
You should not tuck them in...so I have been told, but as PJC says in his impeccable Franglais, each to his own. I agree Bown has them at the extreme angle of dangle however.
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They're just a little past my waist - they wouldn't even stay in if I did so.

It just looks different to me because it goes past the loop - you can always see through the loop in US made suspenders (or should I say all the ones I've purchased here).
 
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Bracemaker said:
You should not tuck them in...so I have been told, but as PJC says in his impeccable Franglais, each to his own. I agree Bown has them at the extreme angle of dangle however.
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I'm sorry, but I just don't feel right when I know my brace ends are flapping. As the great Bob Newhart might say, I have a buttondown mind. Also, what if I were to trip and fall on a moving escalator with my brace ends flying free? One or both of them could get caught in the steps and I might wind up maimed, dismembered, or at best out one pair of boxcloth galluses. The tucking habit may have started when the ends of a longish (for me) pair stuck out below the bottom edge of my waistcoat one winter day.

Twenty lashes with a pair of soggy Trafalgars for accusing me of writing Franglais, btw. It's perfectly good French, but this consarned software (TTBOMK) wouldn't allow me to insert the necessary accent grave on the a and the circonflex on the u in "gout," which is not a disease of high living but the French word for "taste," of course.
 
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DCLawyer68 said:
They're just a little past my waist - they wouldn't even stay in if I did so.

It just looks different to me because it goes past the loop - you can always see through the loop in US made suspenders (or should I say all the ones I've purchased here).
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If the brace ends barely reach lower than the top of the waistband I wouldn't bother trying to tuck them in either.
 
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The Thurston box cloth braces are the only ones made ....

with the ends hanging down. Their regular barethea braces are like any other braces, no matter where they are made. It should be obvious that the box cloth braces couldn't go on an adjustment loop. If Bown can wear his braces ends practically hanging to his knees, others should be able to take care of the problem if it arises.

I have about two dozen Thurston braces, and IMO they are the best braces made anywhere. A half dozen or so box coth braces should suffice; then you can get into building a serious collection with barethea braces and silk moire ones for formal wear. A couple of dozen will put you in sartorial heaven!
 
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dfloyd said:
with the ends hanging down. Their regular barethea braces are like any other braces, no matter where they are made. It should be obvious that the box cloth braces couldn't go on an adjustment loop. If Bown can wear his braces ends practically hanging to his knees, others should be able to take care of the problem if it arises.

I have about two dozen Thurston braces, and IMO they are the best braces made anywhere. A half dozen or so box coth braces should suffice; then you can get into building a serious collection with barethea braces and silk moire ones for formal wear. A couple of dozen will put you in sartorial heaven!
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Ok - didn't know if this was just the "English style".

I didn't realize the box cloth was as thick as it was. I have a pair of Paul Stuart houndstooth ones that are just as thick and DO double just fine.

Regardless, I like them a lot (the ones pictured above), and will be ordering in pink and dark green as well. That will put me at about 15 (solids, stripes, a few Trafalgar prints).

I'd be open to the AT Blue / White stripe as well but that appears to be sold out in my size (M).

My other AT braces were the pink / blue stripe (i.e. non-box cloth) so I guess they'll be more what I'm used to. Regardless, I'm very pleased overall - just didn't know quite what I was supposed to do getting dressed this AM!
 
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