brax
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That’s just flat wrong. Unbuttoning a jacket “downgrades a formal outfit into a costume?” Then why are the most formal daywear (morning suit) and most formal eveningwear (white tie) designed to be worn unbuttoned? Unbuttoning a jacket neither adds or subtracts from the formality of an outfit. Most jackets look better buttoned as they are cut to be worn that way. But a properly cut dinner jacket (thanks CD) can look equally great unbuttoned.Fit really has little to do with it. Leaving the front open just downgrades a formal outfit into a costume. When attending a formal function then it is best to keep your outfit properly buttoned and maintained - not to prance around like a young superhero because it looks "great" or cool open. It has become so prelevant that jacket is worn open when wearing a waistcoat, so it is pointless to continue arguing on this topic, but traditionally the jacket was worn buttoned.