Question:
I briefly considered posting in the Quick Question and Answer thread in the SW&D forum but I thought that people here would know better (except there's no quick question thread).
Mostly for curiosity, but what are the rules for buttoning a double breasted suit? I'm aware that on a single breasted it's never, always, sometimes (bottom to top) but what about a double breasted suit?
I wondered about this as I shifted through the WAYWT thread because I kept seeing members only leave the middle button buttoned. Is it inexcusable, like a single breasted suit, to button all buttons?
Answer:
Lel:
Double-breasted jackets can have four to six buttons with one or two “to button”. They are often identified by a two-number designation such as 4/2, 4/1 or 6/2. Translated, the first number gives the total number of front buttons and the second is the number of functioning buttonholes. It doesn’t always mean that all the buttons have to be fastened.
Often only the middle or upper button is secured on a 4/2 or 6/2, but the Duke of Kent started buttoning his lower button creating a longer diagonal line across his chest giving the wearer a thinner, more dynamic look.
The double-breasted jacket is never unbuttoned in public!
Since double-breasted jackets are more dressy than single-breasted a button-down collar, the most casual of dress shirts, should not be worn with a double-breasted.
Andy
Answer:
So it wouldn't be completely heinous to have all the buttons on a DB buttoned?
Answer:
with whichever configuration you choose, there are still only 1 or 2 functional buttonholes at all times; you only button 1.
