From the Archives: For the well-groomed man

“Lowered in price but not in quality” — that’s the promise of this advertisement for Paris brand men’s garters, which ran in The Kansas City Star on May 14, 1921.

“These double-grip double-duty-doing PARIS certainly ring the bell with a bang for the boys who put pep in their step,” it read, maybe mixing a metaphor or two.

Think sock garters are a thing of the past? Au contraire, as a quick check of the online men’s shops will show you. But you won’t find prices starting at 50 cents most places.

This story was originally published August 4, 2016 at 8:00 AM with the headline "From the Archives: For the well-groomed man."