Poor Mr. Harmon is expected to flirt toothlessly with every woman he meets, and to try looking natural in powder blue polka-dot suspenders.

He wore blue suspenders and a colorful Panama Canal T-shirt, a gift from a sister-in-law who volunteers for the international relief agency Doctors Without Borders.

He had taken off his coat, and pale blue suspenders crossed on his back.

As Mr. Taylor, 40 and immaculately attired behind spiffy navy blue suspenders, is fond of reminding himself, what the speaker says, goes.

Navy blue suspenders, always.

He wore dark blue suspenders over a white shirt, and a pair of khaki trousers.

"They're international police," said George, who was wearing red, white and blue suspenders over his blue oxford cloth shirt.

He wore pants with bright blue suspenders over his white shirt, a mode that had been popular in the twenties.

"Most of Davenport is up on the hill," said Mr. Billingsly, wearing blue suspenders and a worn gray shirt.

He wears a red shirt and blue suspenders.