Case of the Missing Suspenders

Micky's shorts are going to fall down now because he's lost his suspenders! Actually, according to the Walt Disney Archives, he never had any, but there's so much evidence to the contrary, that it's ridiculous. I even had a stuffed Mickey Mouse when I was little and he had freaking suspenders! What are the two buttons on his shorts for if he's not wearing suspenders?




Apparently, manufacturers of baby clothes remember Mickey with suspenders.

                           

                                     So do toy manufacturers.

                              And costume manufacturers.

                                  
                                   Then there's this cake.

                                  Yeah, he had suspenders.