{"id":33255,"date":"2022-06-12T02:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T07:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=33255"},"modified":"2024-05-20T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:35:09","slug":"the-sometimes-always-never-3-button-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/style\/clothing\/the-sometimes-always-never-3-button-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sometimes, Always, Never Three-Button Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171786\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Three-Button-Rule-UPDATE-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Three-Button-Rule-UPDATE-2.jpg 775w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Three-Button-Rule-UPDATE-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Three-Button-Rule-UPDATE-2-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Three-Button-Rule-UPDATE-2-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we\u2019ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in May 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, we published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/art-of-manliness-suit-school-part-iii-a-primer-on-suit-buttons\/\">a guest post on suit buttons,<\/a> and one of the best things I got out of the comments it received was a handy way to remember the right way to button a three-button suit jacket. It&#8217;s called the &#8220;sometimes, always, never&#8221; button rule. Starting with the top button and working your way down: it&#8217;s <strong><em>sometimes<\/em><\/strong> appropriate to have the top button buttoned along with the middle one (a stylistic decision \u2014 if the lapel is flat, it can look good to button it; if the lapel rolls over and hides the top button, only button the middle one); it&#8217;s <em><strong>always<\/strong><\/em> appropriate to have the middle button buttoned (the middle button pulls the jacket together at your natural waist and lets the bottom naturally flare out around your hips); and you should <em><strong>never<\/strong><\/em> button the last button (doing so messes up the intended tailoring and flare offered by the middle button). <em><strong>Sometimes, always, never.<\/strong><\/em> Easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like this illustrated guide? Then you\u2019re going to love our book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illustrated-Art-Manliness-How-Self-Defense\/dp\/0316362654\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504116462&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=illustrated+guide+to+art+of+manliness&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=artofmanliness03-20&amp;linkId=72823c21096e9c65d26a1b386e11963b\"><em>The Illustrated Art of Manliness<\/em><\/a>! Pick up a copy on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illustrated-Art-Manliness-How-Self-Defense\/dp\/0316362654\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504116462&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=illustrated+guide+to+art+of+manliness&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=artofmanliness03-20&amp;linkId=72823c21096e9c65d26a1b386e11963b\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we\u2019ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. 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