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Buttons for navy blazer

Webbo

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As I am not a naval admiral (or Judge Smails from Caddyshack) I want to swap out the gold buttons on my navy travel blazer, any suggestions please?
 

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Well, first off, you needn’t be a commodore or admiral.
However, I understand have have done the same. Brown horn is a safe bet and I just did this with one of my blazers. One another I swapped out for dark gray horn.

If you don’t want to veer too far from tradition, enamel buttons are another option.
 

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Brown horn is definitely safe. Another option that preserves the character of the blazer without the country club connotations is metal buttons in a pewter color.
 

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I found some bronze buttons on Ebay. They have the benefit of being metal, but not too shiny.
 

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