Fletch
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It's been close to 20 years now since high-roll, 3-to-button suits and jackets became OK to wear again and emerged into the popular price market.
Well, guess what: their time is up. They're getting hard to find. I went thru my local Syms/Filene big-box store this week and saw hardly a one. That's a big change from last fall.
This matters because a 3-to-button jacket is, IMNSHO, the most versatile and functional of tailored jackets. When you need a closed-up front, in windy or other conditions (say, a #%!!ed up shirt lol), it delivers. When you want to button one or none, it has a pleasant, subtle curve that de-emphasizes the all too common flaws in your midsection.
But times change, and a suit is more costume and less functional than it was 20 years ago. 2 buttons are standard, 2 buttons flatter the designers and the mannequins, and 2 buttons are what you'll get from now on.
Trads can still have their 2-to-button 3Bs, of course. They make a gesture at earlier times without threatening the existing order of things.
Well, guess what: their time is up. They're getting hard to find. I went thru my local Syms/Filene big-box store this week and saw hardly a one. That's a big change from last fall.
This matters because a 3-to-button jacket is, IMNSHO, the most versatile and functional of tailored jackets. When you need a closed-up front, in windy or other conditions (say, a #%!!ed up shirt lol), it delivers. When you want to button one or none, it has a pleasant, subtle curve that de-emphasizes the all too common flaws in your midsection.
But times change, and a suit is more costume and less functional than it was 20 years ago. 2 buttons are standard, 2 buttons flatter the designers and the mannequins, and 2 buttons are what you'll get from now on.
Trads can still have their 2-to-button 3Bs, of course. They make a gesture at earlier times without threatening the existing order of things.