The practice of removing belts and/or braces and tearing open the fly was quite a common technique the Commandos used to make it as difficult as possible for captives to run away.
Roe named the aircraft The Bullseye after the braces manufactured by his brother's firm, which had helped pay for it.
Steve Urkel from the 1990s family sitcom "Family Matters" wears a collection of suspenders in each episode he stars in.