Buttoned.

 

I leave it buttoned.

 

It's more comfortable to unbutton.

 

Buttoned. If you have to unbutton it, it's not fitted correctly.

 

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I'm not convinced. I tend to unbutton any suit when sitting down. Why wouldn't you?

 

Unbuttoned

 

I sometimes prefer to open the lower button, but not necessarily. Generally, buttoned.

 

Buttoned definitely. As said earlier, if it is uncomfortable to sit down with it buttoned, the jacket has not been fitted properly.

alaric

 

Buttoned. It takes a bit more fussing about to get a DB done up on the fly and since it doesn't suffer from remaining buttoned, I leave it. I can't imagine sitting at dinner with my DB unbuttoned and having to stand suddenly to greet someone. Shaking hands while trailing my coat in my soup.

 

McKay:

Single breasted jackets are buttoned when standing and unbuttoned when sitting.

Double breasted jackets are buttoned when standing and buttoned when sitting. A double breasted jacket is never unbuttoned in public.

 

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Rules are made to be broken (winks)

 

Buttoned

I saw some people at lunch on Sunday after church, one of the young men had a nice looking double breasted suit on, standing in the lobby, un-buttoned.

I wanted to cry out, button your coat for crying out loud.

 

If I were to wear them, buttoned.

 

Even worse when someone walks around with an unbottoned DB, all the time, as if it was a SB.

 

It depends.

 

Buttoned

I saw some people at lunch on Sunday after church, one of the young men had a nice looking double breasted suit on, standing in the lobby, un-buttoned.

I wanted to cry out, button your coat for crying out loud.

There is a difference between walking around with your double-breasted suit unbuttoned an unbuttoning it to sit down.
I bet these crazy rules have something to do with certain guys being afraid to wear the DB.

 

Are we a bit dogmatic about this never open your DB in public thing? It's not as though it's one's fly, after all. I seem to recall a thread (couldn't find it quickly with the search function) where we saw pictures of lots of English upper class sorts attending some function in the country with DB blazers (invariably flapping open) and red trousers. Not one of them seemed the least bit bothered by the fact that his coat was open nor did anyone around them. Did they not get the memo? Do they know something we don't?

EDIT: Memory does play a few tricks in that they were not all flying open. However, check out the fellow walking with Armand Hammer in picture 3 of post 19 here:

https://askandyaboutclothes.com/community/showthread.php?t=55817&highlight=guards+blazer

What's really that wrong with it?

 

What's really that wrong with it?

Looks bad. And why swaddle yourself in that much fabric if you're only going to wear it like a SB?

 

Unbuttoned.

I think my jackets fit pretty good, but I still like to unbutton them when seated. I don`t think theres anything wrong with it since Prince Charles does the same, and I imagine his jackets fit OK too. :icon_smile_big:

 

Thanks, everyone!

 

Buttoned. If you have to unbutton it, it's not fitted correctly.

Buttoned definitely. As said earlier, if it is uncomfortable to sit down with it buttoned, the jacket has not been fitted properly.

alaric

This is kind of ridiculous IMO. If I like my DB to fit more snugly than you do to the point that it is tight sitting but looks great standing then it is fitted "incorrectly"? This seems a bit closed minded with regards to personal preference, no? I guess other that I did not realize there was one way to fit things properly.

 

This is kind of ridiculous IMO. If I like my DB to fit more snugly than you do to the point that it is tight sitting but looks great standing then it is fitted "incorrectly"? This seems a bit closed minded with regards to personal preference, no? I guess other that I did not realize there was one way to fit things properly.

That's exactly where I stand. Unbuttoning your DB when sitting down has nothing to do with proper fit, it's merely a personal preference.

Who made up this "never unbutton your DB in public" rule? Not this guy:

 

Are we a bit dogmatic about this never open your DB in public thing?

What, AAAC members waxing just a trifle dogmatic?

Get outta here . . . it can't be! No way!:icon_smile_wink:

 

I don't own any DB jackets at this time, but if I did, I would always leave it buttoned when seated.

I might mention that seeing men walking about in single-breasted jackets that are unbuttoned offends my eye. It looks very slovenly and unkempt to me.

 

What, AAAC members waxing just a trifle dogmatic?

Get outta here . . . it can't be! No way!:icon_smile_wink:

That's funny.