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2-Button Sleeve - What Vintage

post #1 of 8
1/15/12 at 9:21am
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Yesterday I picked up an unworn Magee Donegal tweed sport jacket with double vent. The sleeves have two buttons. Anyone know for sure when two button sleeves gave way to three? I'm guessing sometime in the 60s but a definitive opinion would be appreciated. Thanks.
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post #2 of 8
1/15/12 at 9:44am
I have a two button sleeve SC too, I really want to convert it to a 3 or 4 button sleeve, but I don't know if that will serve it any good lol. When I look at it I always feel like as if it's missing something.
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post #3 of 8
1/15/12 at 9:48am
I can't answer your historical question, but if it's any help, in the last few seasons I've seen jackets from jil Sander, Margiela, Dsquared, Rag & Bone, and some other designers that had one button or even none at all on the cuffs.

Hardly staid MC tradition, but I think you can wear it outside without inviting a lynching.
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post #4 of 8
1/15/12 at 10:21am
Late 60s although it may just be something the designer or owner liked. I was wearing 2 button cuffs on my custom suits about 10 years ago.
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post #5 of 8
1/15/12 at 10:39am
I think I recall seeing Magee SCs with 2-buttons (widely spaced) on the cuffs on sale in the late 80s.
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post #6 of 8
1/15/12 at 11:52am
I don't know when (if ever) 2 buttons on the cuff fell out of favour with RTW, but imo it's still a perfectly good choice for a tweed sport-coat. It is not, by itself, going to make it look like you're wearing an obviously 'vintage' coat.
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post #7 of 8
1/15/12 at 2:31pm
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Thanks for the replies. I'm not at all hesitant to wear it - the cut, proportions, lapels, stance and vents are all excellent, as is the fit. The tweed is a very subtle grey heather. Just curious as to when it was made.

My jackets and suits, and my memory of those I've worn in my adult life, all have three or four sleeve buttons. The two on each sleeve of this jacket are not widely-spaced, btw, but "kiss".
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post #8 of 8
1/15/12 at 4:10pm
Was there ever an fully established convention for sleeve buttons? A quick scan of my closet reveals four is most common followed by three. A tailor once suggested that a three button jacket MUST have four sleeve buttons but that may have been his prejudice rather than any real established 'rule'.
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