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First, let's talk about the single button jacket. It's rare to see a single button jacket outside of evening wear, but it exists. Usually, it has a peak lapel, sometimes notch lapel, but when you have that and it's a two-piece suit or a combination with a jacket and pants, you simply button the button, when you sit, you unbutton it. If you wear it with a vest, maybe in a three-piece suit, you simply leave it unbuttoned.
So what about four and five buttons single-breasted jackets?
First of all, I don't recommend you wear them because they very quickly go in and out of fashion and it's just not a timeless classic style. If you still want to have a four or five button jacket, simply button the middle buttons leaving the top and a bottom button undone. I strongly suggest you do not wear a vest or a waistcoat because those jackets are tailored so there's not much visible space for it.
The four-button double-breasted suit coat or jacket is a little more unusual but much more mainstream and timeless and classic. Basically, you have three options. You can button just the top of the working buttons, you can button both, or just the bottom, or if you have a square or rectangular button shape. Most suits today are only buttoned on the top one or on both.
The six-button double-breasted jacket is probably the most popular and common style that you will find. Because there are six buttons there are different ways to position those. A not so popular way to position the buttons is to have two parallel rows from the top to the bottom. If you have that kind of a coat or suit your button either all three of them or the top two. If you want to sit comfortably, you probably have to undo the bottom button, however, just like with any other double-breasted coat, you never unbutton it completely. The most common six-button double-breasted silhouette is what I'm wearing here right now. It's basically two rows of buttons that are parallel with the top pair being spaced further apart. It creates a nice v-shape that accentuates the male attractive silhouette. Traditionally, you'd button both of the bottom buttons for a very classic look. Now if you go to Italy, you'll rarely see a man who wears a double-breasted coat that is buttoned on both. Usually, they button just the middle button; they like it because it's a more nonchalant look and it's something that was really popularized by Lino from Alba Zara.
Eight-button double-breasted jacket is very unusual, and it provides a very Maritime look which is usually something you see only in a blazer. Prince Charles has one for example, and he has been wearing it for years.
VESTS
Single breasted vests are usually worn with the bottom button undone. There are different theories about why that's the case. One references Bertie who later became Edward the 7th, and he was so big, they simply couldn't button the bottom button and because of that, other people adapted his style. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what the different theories are because it's just a custom that you can see all over the place. No matter if you wear a three-piece suit with a matching vest or an odd vest, on the single-breasted vest, the bottom button is usually undone.
OVERCOATS
When it comes to overcoats, buttoning is fairly simple. Usually, you have all the buttons buttoned simply because it's supposed to keep you warm.
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