Airport-Friendly Plastic Clip Suspenders

Description

Nothing on this pair is metal. The clips are plastic, and that is the entire design brief: a suspender you can wear through an airport screening line, a courthouse door or any other metal detector without being pulled aside and asked to take it off in front of a queue. The bands are 2 inches wide, cut from cotton, and gathered into a Y at the back. There is no decorative hardware to catch on a bag strap and nothing that will set off a wand on a second pass.

Frequent flyers are the obvious audience, along with anyone whose working day routinely includes a security checkpoint. Beyond that it functions as a straightforward wide work suspender: two inches of width spreads weight across the shoulder rather than cutting a line into it, which counts for a great deal if there is anything heavy hanging off the belt. Black, tan and blue are the colors, all of them plain enough to disappear under a jacket and none of them drawing comment either way. Anyone who travels weekly rather than twice a year will notice the difference within the first month of carrying them.

Both straps adjust, so the pair can be set to your torso once and then left. Plastic clips are lighter than metal and will not scratch a buckle or leave a mark on a waistband, which is worth knowing if you wear them with lighter-colored pants. Cotton also breathes better than a fully synthetic band on a warm day, and that difference is far more noticeable on a long journey than it ever is across an air-conditioned office.

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