In the "Janet Evanovich" book, Plum Lucky, "Stephanie Plum", as the narrator states "They were middle-aged thugs, dressed in bowling shirts and Sansabelt slacks. Their hair was slicked back. Their shoes were scuffed and run down at the heel. Their guns weren’t as big as ours."
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On the Good Eats episode "Ear Apparent", when making creamed corn, chef Alton Brown remarks "back before the days when I started seriously eyeing the Sansabelt pants rack, I used to put lots of cream in here. Sometimes a quart for one batch."
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In the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a Jaymar/Sansabelt store can be seen in the background at the end of the parade scene.