Ladies and gentlemen, I'm back once again to help you with your business fashion game.
This week we'll discuss the buttons on your suit. At the end of this post you should know several things: 1. Your suit should never have more than 3 buttons; 2. Which buttons should you button; 3. When should you button them?
Let's begin with Mr. Steve Harvey. Thankfully, he's switched his style up to become more mainstream. However, I want to say, "fuck Steve Harvey!" Steve Harvey spent at least a decade having black men looking like absolutely fools with his 6 and seven button suits. I, too, have been victim of this. First suit I ever owned was for a wedding and it had 4 buttons with a tacky stacy adams swirl tie and a shiny ass shirt. Can't even get mad at dukes, she didn't know any better.
The purpose of a suit is to look clean. A good suit highlights the man in the suit and not the suit itself. Ideally, no one should remember the suit, but remember the feeling they got when they saw you in it. Clean, put together, no frills, all business.
THIS, gentlemen, is not apropos. Not only b/c of the color, but this cut in a neutral color is still not appropriate. It screams "LOOK AT ME!" and is incredibly loud. You want to look like Malcolm X AFTER jail, not before jail.
Ideally, your suit will have 2 buttons, but 3 is also fine. Two button suits are more contemporary, while 3 buttons are classics. Either is fine; I have a nice mixture of the two. Never go with 1 button suits, leave that for hipster douches.
But here's the tricky thing gentlemen. I sometimes see young men with all 3 buttoned or both buttoned, and you look stiff. I'm going to give you a rule of thumb for 3 button suits. From top to bottom, they buttons are as follows: Sometimes, Always, Never. Follow that rule of thumb for buttoning your suits.
With 2 button suits, it's Always and never in the same order.
Last is when to button your suits. If your suit is a proper fit, it will be a bit uncomfortable if buttoned while seated. This is really a matter of personal choice, but I almost never button my suits. The only time it's buttoned is if I'm facing a stiff wind, entering an important meeting, or meeting a fine honey for the first time. Other than that, I always have mine unbottoned.
There you have it gentlemen, just a tip from ya boy for this week.
Stay classy, niggas!
