“The single suspender accents a new slant!” And they go so dern well with bandana shirts too. Amazingly, the hillbilly look was expensive. A $6.95 pair of pants in 1956 is equal to $56 today; a $4.95 top is equal to $40 today.
Vintage fashion Thermo-Jac ad from the Amarillo Globe-Times, November 9, 1956.
I remember this fashion statemment coming back to haunt in the late 70s by way of Oshkosh bibs and tube tops. LOL!
P.S. Take that extra “m” out of “statement,” above. I didn’t mean it. lol!