In the
UK, braces are the elastic-and-metal devices for hold up your
trousers.
In
America these are
suspenders and hold up your
pants.
In the
UK, pants are
underpants and
suspenders are for holding up
stockings.
In
America, stockings are held up by
garters, attached to a garter belt, which in the UK is a suspender belt.
In the UK, a
garter is an elasticated cloth strip designed to hold up
socks or
stockings by going around the leg or thigh, as appropriate. These have largely been superseded by elasticated socks and
stay-up stockings.
PS: Also, these { } are
curly brackets.