A load-carrying system including: a garment formed with generally parallel spaced rows of webbing, each webbing being attached to the garment at spaced intervals so that each webbing has alternate attached and unattached sections along its length with the unattached sections in generally vertical alignment, and a hook arrangement configured to be flexibly attached to a load, wherein the hook arrangement comprises a main body portion from which two hook portions (22A, 22B) extend at opposite sides thereof, the hook portions (22A, 22B) each defining a recess (23A, 23B) for engaging the attached sections of the webbing in use, and wherein the hook arrangement has a width (Wh) from the distal edges of the oppositely extending hook portions (22A, 22B) that is greater than an interval between two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, characterised in that the hook arrangement has a height that is less than or equal to the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, the hook arrangement being rotatable between a generally horizontal orientation, where it cannot pass through the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, and a generally vertical orientation, where it can pass through the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, the arrangement being such that the hook arrangement may pass through the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing in the generally vertical orientation whereafter the hook arrangement may be moved to the generally horizontal configuration so that the said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing fit into the recesses (23A, 23B) to engage the load-carrying garment in use. a garment formed with generally parallel spaced rows of webbing, each webbing being attached to the garment at spaced intervals so that each webbing has alternate attached and unattached sections along its length with the unattached sections in generally vertical alignment, and a hook arrangement configured to be flexibly attached to a load, wherein the hook arrangement comprises a main body portion from which two hook portions (22A, 22B) extend at opposite sides thereof, the hook portions (22A, 22B) each defining a recess (23A, 23B) for engaging the attached sections of the webbing in use, and wherein the hook arrangement has a width (Wh) from the distal edges of the oppositely extending hook portions (22A, 22B) that is greater than an interval between two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, characterised in that the hook arrangement has a height that is less than or equal to the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, the hook arrangement being rotatable between a generally horizontal orientation, where it cannot pass through the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, and a generally vertical orientation, where it can pass through the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing, the arrangement being such that the hook arrangement may pass through the interval between said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing in the generally vertical orientation whereafter the hook arrangement may be moved to the generally horizontal configuration so that the said two adjacent attached sections of the webbing fit into the recesses (23A, 23B) to engage the load-carrying garment in use.