How To Button A Suit, Jacket, Blazer, Vest, Overcoat, & Tuxedo - Men's Suits Buttoning Guide

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to properly buttoning suit jackets, vests, and overcoats across various styles and formality levels. They explain how buttoning conventions have evolved over time and demonstrate the correct techniques for single-breasted, double-breasted, and formal evening wear to achieve a flattering appearance and signal sartorial knowledge.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that for two-button single-breasted jackets, button only the top button when standing and unbutton when sitting; buttoning both buttons is considered outdated and unflattering
• The Gazette team teaches that three-button jackets should be buttoned on the middle button or top two buttons when standing, never all three or just the bottom, as other configurations create unflattering silhouettes
• The Gazette team recommends that double-breasted jackets require attention to inside button placement to maintain symmetrical lapels, and the most common six-button style traditionally buttons both bottom buttons for a classic look
• The Gazette team explains that single-breasted vests follow the convention of leaving the bottom button undone in everyday wear, except in formal evening wear like white tie or black tie where all buttons are fastened

Episode details: published January 15, 2018 · 255K views · 11:58 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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