Lapel Button-hole Style??

[Manton]

Just to pour a little more kerosene on this fire, because I know that some people consider this the most important issue in the universe:

Originally Posted by Thomas Mahon

Avoid at all costs a "keyhole lapel" hole. This is an awful clanger that's dropped by even the most expensive designer labels.

http://www.englishcut.com/archives/000101.html

 

[dopey]

 

[voxsartoria]

This could be my favorite topic because it is so important.

- B

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

This could be my favorite topic because it is so important.

- B

Even more important than pick-stitching and pattern-matching?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Even more important than pick-stitching and pattern-matching?

No comparison to pick stitching. Where's the controversy? Pattern matching is close. Maybe comparable.

 

[DocHolliday]

Getting worked up about this topic would be like worrying about the appearance of the bottom of your shoes.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Getting worked up about this topic would be like worrying about the appearance of the bottom of your shoes.

I guarantee you this is very important. It has upset people greatly in the past. I am surprised Mahon has any clients after the despicable lies he wrote.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by Manton

. . .

Also, the Neapolitan teardrop buttonhole tends to be very short, whereas the Savile Row straight buttonhole is quite long. A&S makes theirs 1 1/8" and calls them "Carnation buttonholes."

Des Merrion's are really long. They are cut for cherry blossoms, on the branch.

 

[woolymammoth]

Originally Posted by dopey

Do a search. There is a great thread on this, somewhere in the archives.

I think I found it...thank you.

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...hlight=keyhole