A good wardrobe is a balanced one. If you were to peak into mine you would find brace trousers and those to be worn with a belt.Do high rise trousers work if the person is *not* wearing a jacket? I understand their usefulness in a suit (and I suppose paired with an odd jacket), but otherwise, I find high rising trousers to give a very awkward and imbalance silhouette..
In the heat of summer if it is feasible not to wear a coat, the belt trousers cut with 1-2 cms less rise are helpful. My own are still quite high rise, even with a belt, to balance my short legs with my long torso.
The rest of the year or roughly eleven months of it, I am in either a suit, odd coat or jumper. The high rise trousers are not seen and the only reason I would be taking my coat off during the day would be for a chest x-ray.
Personally speaking I am a great fan of well cut trousers as they are as rare as hen's teeth even among dedicated bespoke customers because trouser making is a real art. I have made many patterns of trousers over the years and I guard them as most precious objects. Various muslin fittings and trousers cut and failed went into their making, and many hours with a good trouser expert, the kind of the Mola brothers or the Ambrosi family of Naples. Yes, some of the finest English cut brace trousers were actually made in the city by the bay.
So I am not afraid to take my coat off and let my high rises be seen. I'm just prudish.
Cheers
M Alden