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Suspenders were widely worn in the 19th century. Belts were not common as a way to hold up pants. This is becuse pants at the time were cut much higher than is the case today. This made the belt rather impractical. Here we are talking about adults and older boys. Trousers were not commonly done with belts until well into the 20th century, they were not eveb done with belt loops. For younger boys belts were also not practical because they did not have pronounced hips to go along with belts. This is why button-on styling was so common with children, especially boys. Suspnders were not needed. And because girls mostly wore dresses, suspension was not an issue. Many American boys wore stocking suspenders which could also be used used to hold up pants. These were less common nin Europe which is why suspenders were so much more common for boys in Europe than in America. Thus suspenders were not worn with blouses. They were, however, needed with shirts. Shirts had shirt tails which meant that stocking suporters could not be used to hold up pants.
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