Figure 1.-- This ad for a boy's suspender and garter combination probably qualifies as a suspender waist. The ad in Clothier and Furnisher (1919) was designed to show that the garment was not resrictive for an active boy. |
|
We have only limited information on the Pioneer Suspender Company. The company was headquartered in Philadelphia. We do not have a company history. The ads that we have found date to the 1910s and 20s. Unlike some of their competitors, we have found only a few advertisements. This Pioneer ad for a boy's suspender and garter combination probably qualifies as a suspender waist. The main brands for this kind of product during the 1910s and 1920s were the Samson Suspender Waist and the Kazoo Suspender Waist, both of which are already noticed on HBC. They made Pioneer Suspenders and Belts for men and Brighton Garters for men. It does not seem to been very competitive with its rivals, Samson and Kazoo, but an illustration and description appeared in a trade magazine called Clothier and Furnisher Vol 84, published in 1919. This was a trade magazine that catered to haberdashers and retailers of boys' clothing. The garment consists of white elastic suspenders with adjustable buckles for size adjustment which end in buttons that fasten to button-holes on short trousers or knickers. There are four non-elastic tape extension straps(two in front and two in back towards the sides) with rubber button and metal loop hose supporter clasps for the boy's long stockings. It is essentially a garter waist with no belt and suspender attachments for trousers in front and in back.
We have only limited information on the Pioneer Suspender Company. The company was headquartered in Philadelphia. We do not have a company history. The ads that we have found date to the 1910s and 20s. Unlike some of their competitors, we have found only a few advertisements.
This Pioneer ad for a boy's suspender and garter combination probably qualifies as a suspender waist. It does not seem to been very competitive with its rivals, Samson and Kazoo, but an illustration and description appeared in a trade magazine called Clothier and Furnisher Vol 84, published in 1919. This was a trade magazine that catered to haberdashers and retailers of boys' clothing. The garment consists of white elastic suspenders with adjustable buckles for size adjustment which end in buttons that fasten to button-holes on short trousers or knickers. There are four non-elastic tape extension straps(two in front and two in back towards the sides) with rubber button and metal loop hose supporter clasps for the boy's long stockings. It is essentially a garter waist with no belt and suspender attachments for trousers in front and in back.
The main brands for this kind of product during the 1910s and 1920s were the Samson Suspender Waist and the Kazoo Suspender Waist, both of which are already noticed on HBC. We have found numerous ads from these companies.
The company made Pioneer Suspenders and Belts for men and Brighton Garters for men. We also notice advertisements for these products. Before World War I men mostly wore suspenders. Gradually after the War we begin to see more men and boys wearing boys wearing belys, but suspenders were still very common.
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing catalog/magazine pages:
[Return to the Main underwear manufacturer page ]
[Return to the Fashion magazines and store catalogs]
[Return to the Main American 1920s catalogs page]
[Main photo/publishing page]
[Fashion magazines]
[Manufacturing]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[FAQs]
[Glossaries]
[Images]
[Links]
[Registration]
[Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Sailor suits]
[Sailor hats]
[Buster Brown suits]
[Eton suits]
[Rompers]
[Tunics]
[Smocks]
[Waist suits]
[Underwear]