Three buttons ok on a sport coat?

[trigirdbers]

So, taking the advice of some members of this forum, I have decided to splash out on a new sport coat. Found a nice used Zegna gold, black, and grey (haring bone?) blazer that fits me perfectly and is in perfect condition. However, it has three buttons. Is this acceptable to wear with charcoal pants as a sport coat?

 

[alliswell]

Pics please.

 

[trigirdbers]

Originally Posted by alliswell

Pics please.


Not sure how to do that.

 

[AlexE]

There are plenty of three-button sport coats...can't say if the fabric you mention goes well with charcoal without pics (even though there is hardly anything which does not work with charcoal)

 

[Ianiceman]

I think it will look absolutely shite and if its a 39/40 you should send it to me instead!



(Nowt wrong with a three button jacket, can't judge on matching without pics)

 

[trigirdbers]

Well, I can't get the pics from my phone onto the internet, but it looks something like this, maybe a little darker than it looks in the first pic and slightly less tapered. Also, the pictures make it look shiny, but it isn't at all. http://www.rubylane.com/item/460150-...-ZEGNA-Tweed-3

 

[jchosko]

3 button is fins IMHO, especially if you're not short of stature. But a non vented sport coat might look a little out of fashion right now...

 

[trigirdbers]

Originally Posted by jchosko

3 button is fins IMHO, especially if you're not short of stature. But a non vented sport coat might look a little out of fashion right now...

Probably should have mentioned that it is double vented and I'm fairly tall.

 

[MikeDT]

Originally Posted by trigirdbers

Well, I can't get the pics from my phone onto the internet, ....

Why?

Surely you copy pictures from your phone onto your PC? Then you just can just post them on Flickr or something, or attach them to your posts here.

 

[Daseinflaw]

Originally Posted by trigirdbers

(haring bone?)

herringbone, for future reference.

But it could work. I like 3 button sport coats far more than say a 1 button.

 

[Poindexter]

Most 3 buttons I've seen looked a little stiff, military, but that Zegna is gorgeous. That it went for a hundred clams is gonna give me bad dreams for a long time.

Except it wasn't my size, thank God.

 

[pvrhye]

for some reason, I like 3 buttons on tweed. Think it gives me more of that country hunting jacket feel.