The Suspender Strut: A Comprehensive Guide

Not a natural-born strutter? Interested in improving your moves? Want to pick up an old skill again after years of disuse? Suspender-style strutting may be for you! Fast and easy results even with no previous experience, guaranteed!

Materials:
-1 pair concrete or imaginary suspenders
-1 empty street or corridor free of disturbances

Begin by walking down the street as casually as possible, wearing suspenders. What we're going to do here is ease smoothly into a strut from a normal walking style. Some of my contemporaries suggest slowing down before the transition, but I believe that the strut is best perfected at a constant speed, seeing as that's what you'd want to be able to do eventually. Do NOT come to a stop, unless your intent is more to perfect the Suspender Stance. It is VERY DIFFICULT to begin strutting from a standing position, and this should not be attempted by beginners!

Moving into the strut should be natural and fluid. You should be angling your head a little in the moment before the transition, with a slight sneer to one side of your lips, but try not to think about it too much. Glance nonchalantly off to the side, then snap suspenders once, very deliberately.

You should immediately glide into an arrogant strut. Work on improving the expressivity of the walk until you feel comfortable moving into it in public, with or without suspenders.

Congratulations! You have just mastered the Suspender Strut! Watch this space for more walking styles in the future.