Bacon Print Suspenders

Description

Strips of bacon, printed end to end down both straps in black and white framing. Buckle-Down builds the pair from elastic at one inch wide with steel-plated hardware. There is no subtlety to the concept, which is the point of it. The strips repeat end to end without a break, so from any distance the whole strap reads as bacon.

Cooks, butchers, pitmasters and anyone who runs a smoker are the obvious buyers, and these get a lot of use at barbecue competitions and food festivals. Beyond that they are a reliable joke gift, the kind that gets worn to a birthday brunch, a stag do or a themed party and then keeps getting worn afterwards. They pair best with a plain shirt, since the print is busy enough to fight anything patterned. They are a fixture of breakfast-themed parties and of the running joke that follows anyone who talks about food for a living. Over a plain white shirt they are about as loud as a printed pair gets, which is usually the intent.

The elastic runs the full length and recovers after stretching, so repeated wear does not leave them slack. One inch is a casual width suited to jeans and work trousers rather than tailoring. Steel-plated components sit at the load points and are made to last through years of use. Adjustment along each strap covers most torso lengths, and the pair goes on and off quickly, which matters if they are only out for the length of a meal.

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