Working buttonholes? Flashy or Artisanal?

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Also, what kind of establishments are you frequenting where you need to swipe your own card? Seems so crass.
Yeah - I don't swipe anymore when I buy my open-buttonhole suits... I tap !

 

[Pariolino]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

High-end retail salesmen do it. And since I'm better than a salesman, I can't do it. It's bad enough I have to associate with the hoi polloi every time I want to swipe my AMEX.

Originally Posted by gdl203

Yeah - I don't swipe anymore when I buy my open-buttonhole suits... I tap !

I come from the kind of background where I simply say "put it on the tab Jeeves" and they respond "yes, suh!"

 

[JBZ]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

High-end retail salesmen do it. And since I'm better than a salesman, I can't do it. It's bad enough I have to associate with the hoi polloi every time I want to swipe my AMEX.

I have people who swipe my AMEX for me.

 

[odoreater]

You losers use credit cards? Credit cards are so nouveau riche.

 

[Artisan Fan]

You losers pay? People give stuff to me.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

You losers pay? People give stuff to me.

I'm glad my charity donations are going to such good use. Hopefully you can buy yourself an interview suit for less than $500 so that you don't look like a loser at your next interview.

 

[retronotmetro]

Originally Posted by dusty

I'm going to commission a jacket with 20 functional buttons per sleeve, reaching all the way up to the elbow, and wear them all unbuttoned.

Make sure you wear it with a shirt that has your monogram embroidered in 2" letters across the yoke.

 

[tonylumpkin]

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

You losers pay? People give stuff to me.

Is this why you seem to have no qualms about encouraging people to cut up their suits?

 

[TCN]

Originally Posted by v0rtex

I like open buttonholes and I leave a button open when wearing a jacket casually, just because I can. I don't hang around with anyone who would know the significance of the open buttonhole enough to have an opinion on it or even notice it. It's a personal pleasure rather than a status symbol.

If I was likely to encounter anyone who did know the significance of the working buttonhole I'd probably button up - but outside of a visit to the tailor or a Styleforum meetup that's extremely unlikely.

In a business situation I'd consider it flashy.

A styleforum member would be able to tell that your buttons functioned without you having to leave one undone.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by TCN

A styleforum member would be able to tell that your buttons functioned without you having to leave one undone.

Yeah, and to a normal person, having one button undone just looks like the decorative non-functioning button that was supposed to be there fell off.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Yeah, and to a normal person, having one button undone just looks like the decorative non-functioning button that was supposed to be there fell off.

But that won't matter in your case, because in a minute they'll be dead. Right?

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by grimslade

But that won't matter in your case, because in a minute they'll be dead. Right?

If they're lucky it'll be that quick.