A trousers coupling system including a pair of trousers having a trousers magnetic coupling component positioned at or adjacent to a lower end thereof and configured to be magnetically coupled to a footwear magnetic coupling component positioned in a footwear to thereby magnetically couple the pair of trousers to the footwear. The magnetic coupling component is positioned between two plies of a water-tight support strip such that the magnet coupling component is fluidly isolated from the surrounding environment.