Now I obviously have some vested interest in saying that ducktape and shoelace suspenders are bad, but I still don't understand why you would buy a bunch of ski gear from the 1000-3000$ range, and then not decide to spend 10-30$ on a belt or suspenders which saves you quite a bit a hassle over duck taping your pants or fidgeting around with shoelaces and work much better.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they work, but I don't why you'd potentially mess up your pants or use a diy option when the other options are so much better in terms of usability and aren't really that much money, especially compared to other pieces of kit I see people on here buy. I've gone on this rant many times before, but I still don't get it.