Fishtail trousers?

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Frederick Theak used to do very good braces along with dress shirts etc, but sadly went by the wayside quite some time ago. I believe that the felt (city style) braces have been previously mentioned, but lacking in style I believe. I have seen some armed services dress style braces, which one would think would be reasonable quality and they are being offered at a reasonable price, but some of the samples being offered both in the UK and USA are quite expensive in my opinion at around £80.00/£100.00 approximately.

As we are aware most formal trousers are tailored and look at their best when combined with braces, albeit many people these days would not consider wearing them apart from where extreme formal wear is required. As I understand the classic white moire braces as worn by Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and Skyfall were provided by Albert Thurston; these are at the high end of evening dress style and probably not suitable for normal evening or day wear. Any views on button style would be much appreciated.
 
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They look excellent SF; have you any ideas as to where you may be obtaining your braces from?

Not so sure yet. I do have two pairs already (buttons only) but could do with something new to compliment the new purchase.

There are a few country attire places I know of in York, Beverley and Driffield where I'll be over the weekend so shall see what they have.
 
I had a good button pair, but threw them out a few years ago; something now I obviously regret. The problem is sourcing a colour (and of course the best width) that can be used for several shirt combinations. Agree that the clip-ons just don't cut it and would really not suit the holy grail of the fishtail. Good luck with your hunt; almost there now!
 
I had a good button pair, but threw them out a few years ago; something now I obviously regret. The problem is sourcing a colour (and of course the best width) that can be used for several shirt combinations. Agree that the clip-ons just don't cut it and would really not suit the holy grail of the fishtail. Good luck with your hunt; almost there now!

Clip-ons are the work of the devil.
 
As an old soul boy I used to have a lot of my clothes bespoke. And had a couple of suits with fishtail trousers. Very similar in the back waist to these. And had 2 pleats each side front with a raised french seam down the outside leg. They were 26" parallel to the knee down to a 18" opening. Some would have a 30" knee and 16" opening. We called them pegs. All very stylish at the Blackpool Mecca and the Jazz Funk scene. Great to dance in.
 
As an old soul boy I used to have a lot of my clothes bespoke. And had a couple of suits with fishtail trousers. Very similar in the back waist to these. And had 2 pleats each side front with a raised french seam down the outside leg. They were 26" parallel to the knee down to a 18" opening. Some would have a 30" knee and 16" opening. We called them pegs. All very stylish at the Blackpool Mecca and the Jazz Funk scene. Great to dance in.
Very interesting; I still get all of my trousers made or adjusted so that they have a very short taper down to 15" at the cuff; I like to wear trousers quite full with a heavy fall; this also has the advantage that they do not fall over the back of the shoe. Used to buy chinos extra large and then deconstruct them to have one 3½ pleat each side at the front and then taper them as described; always looked good. Keep the Faith!
 
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BUTTON FIXED BRACES WITH STRAP ADJUSTMENTS AT THE BACK AS WELL AS FRONT

A bit of a specialist area but does anyone know of where I could obtain some of these in the UK (if they exist)? I know Kirby Allison does them but they are based in the USA and I'm not sure if they ship to the UK etc. I also expect that I could have them made bespoke (Albert Thurston for example; I think that they probably supply Kirby Allison!), but they will inevitably be quite expensive. The idea of having the backs adjustable as well as the fronts is that they (the rear "Y" section) can be adjusted higher up to (or down from) the shoulders so that the braces do not slip off the shoulders during wear.

Appreciate this is quite a specialist area and also part of a bygone age, but any information would be very much appreciated. Incidentally I am just awaiting delivery of a couple of pairs of braces from a military vintage store, but these are standard button (dress type) braces with front adjusters only; bought these just to get a feel and sort out button placement positions etc (who knew this was such a technical subject!).
 
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