How to button your suit?

A suit with a suitable shirt and a matching short that gives us a touch of elegance is something that every man must have in his closet reserved for special occasions. You can also have the misfortune, as is my case, of having to wear a suit to work every day, so it goes from being something we use on special occasions to a daily garment, which by the way we try to wear for those special occasions .

To wear a suit with elegance it is important to choose a suit of our sizeThat it fits us and feels good, but it is also very important to choose the other garments that we are going to wear as well as complement them.

It is also very important to know how to button a suit, because even if we wear a beautiful suit, very expensive and sewn by the best tailor in the world, we can ruin everything in the blink of an eye if we do not know how to properly fasten that suit.

If you do not wear a suit often and do not know how to fasten it or simply, and despite the fact that you wear it daily, you have never known how to fasten, do not worry because throughout this article you will learn how to do it. We are also convinced that you are going to learn many more things so that whenever you put on the suit you will look like a true gallant who overflows with elegance on all four sides.

Each suit style is buttoned in one way

First it is necessary to know that each style of suit is buttoned in one way differences and for example we will not be able to button a double-breasted jacket in the same way as a simple one.

Choose the suit you are going to wear, trying the one that best suits you without buttoning, and now we are going to get down to business, learning how to button any type of suit jacket.

How to button a simple 1 button jacket

Simple 1-button jackets or blazers are the easiest to button since they We will only have to think if we want to button it or not.

What you should be clear about is that whenever you are standing you must have your jacket fastened and the only excuse to unbutton it is when you sit down so that it does not bulge, generating a rather ugly detail.

How to button a simple 2 button jacket

The simple two-button jacket suit is one of the most common and most used by almost all men. If you want to have it buttoned in the right way remember that when standing you must have only the top button buttoned, never both unless you want to look like an ungracious man who knows very little about how to wear a suit.

In the event that you feel you must unbutton the button above so that it has a natural fall. Remember, you never sit with the buttons of the jacket buttoned, neither the top one, nor both because it will make a very ugly and strange effect in the eyes of other people who look at you.

How to button a simple 3 or 4 button jacket

Suits with a 3 or 4 button jacket are becoming more popular and require us to stop and think a bit about which buttons to fasten. Our recommendation without a doubt is that you always button the middle button in the case of 3 buttons and the button above as an option. You should never button the bottom two or the 3 buttons.

If the jacket has 4 buttons, you should button the two buttons in the middle and if it suits you or you like the top button at all. Under no circumstances should you wear the 4 buttoned buttons.

As in the previous cases When sitting down, you can fully unbutton or leave the lower button buttoned one that you have fastened, although it is best to leave it completely unbuttoned to avoid once again strange and inelegant effects.

How to button a 6 × 1 double-breasted jacket

The 6 × 1 double-breasted jackets have 6 visible buttons, although only one of them can be buttoned. Inside we will also find a button that is not visible in most jackets that we must always button first. Then we will have to button the only outer button that can be fastened.

In this case, even when we sit down, we must have the jacket buttoned. This type of double-breasted jackets, if they have been well made and fit us well or perfectly, should have a natural fall even when we are sitting down.

Any self-respecting gentleman will never unbutton a double-breasted jacket, nor will he, of course, take it off at any time. Another thing will be that we prefer not to die of heat or discomfort and be a little less gentlemen.

How to button a 6 × 2 double-breasted jacket

With a 6 × 2 double-breasted jacket we should act practically the same as with a 6 × 1 double-breasted jacket, although in this case we will have two visible buttons that we can button and an internal button, not visible, which we must fasten in all cases without exception.

Of the outer buttons, only the upper one should be buttoned, leaving the lower one without buttoning. As in the previous case, this type of jacket should never be unbuttoned, even when we sit down.

Vests are always fully buttoned

Many suits usually have a vest as a complement that in all cases we must wear fully buttoned, except for the last button of the lower part that we must wear unbuttoned so as not to give a bad feeling.

Please, never wear the vest fully unbuttoned because it gives a very ugly image and total disorder.

These are all ways to button a suit, although we may have missed some as fashion moves at a dizzying pace. If that is the case, you can use the space in this entry reserved for comments to ask us your questions about how to fasten.