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I'm new to this forum, so hello.

I seem to have a problem with suit trousers, which is keeping them up in the right place. They seem to slip down until they're resting on my hips. Either that or I have to wear them the way that pop group Erasure wore jeans - pulled up too high.

Is this because I'm odd - I don't seem to have a narrowing of the waist in the right place. Not overweight (well, could lose a few pounds, but my BMI is at the top of healthy), before overweight).

I'm getting my tailor in Hong Kong to make a suit for me and wondered if side adjusters on the waist would solve the problem. I know that the best solution would be braces, which would also allow my trousers to hang better. But I'm in my late 20s and don't work at a bulge bracket bank, and would feel ridiculous wearing them.

Oh - can i ask one other thing. Would it be incorrect to have sloping pockets, including an external ticket pocket, with pinstripe fabric?

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I also have this problem. I doubt that side adjusters would be a lot better than a belt, although making the waistband tight enough is always a good idea-- gives the belt a fighting chance. Otherwise, your best bet is to find a tailor who understands trousers and your body-- not as easy as it sounds. I've had trousers that (mostly) stay up, and others that I'm always fighting. Rise measurement per se seems not to be the real problem. Getting the seat and thighs right seems to have a lot more to do with it.

And I wouldn't go for hacking pockets on a suit, with or without the ticket pocket. Others will disagree, which is their right if they're the ones shelling out money.

In my experience, getting belted trousers that stay up at or near the waist without slipping is the second hardest thing to get right with trousers. (Getting a rear crease that hangs straight is the hardest). Concordia is right that it has less to do with the rise and more to do with the curvature of the seat and lower back areas, and also making sure that the waistband properly rises in back.