suspender

The character White played from 1989 to 1998 on the wholesome hit sitcom “Family Matters” defined the Black nerd for TV watchers: saddle shoes, suspenders, thick glasses, high, nasal voice.

It was a racy variation on a schoolboy’s shorts, with suspenders rising between the cleavage.

He had a shirt, trousers, socks, shoes, underwear, a necktie, and suspenders.

A family of boys in suspenders appears; behind them are sandbags displaying paper targets with human outlines.

He wore a white shirt with blue jeans held up by bright blue suspenders.