Churchill W
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My experience has been that you usually get the two buttons on the cuff if you bought a shirt with two sleeve numbers, e.g., 15-32/33. The tighter button is for a 32 sleeve and the looser button is for a 33 sleeve. I usually only buy dress/sport shirts now with only one sleeve length number so most of my shirts only have the one button and possibly a gauntlet button.
Perhaps the silliest question of the day, but here goes...
My shirt cuffs typically have two buttons, one button for a loose cuff and the other for a more snug cuff. Is there any sartorial aesthetic reason or "rule" regarding which button should be used?
My cuffs tend to fit better when I use the snug button. If using the snug button is not "against the rules," I'd rather not have the cuffs resized/cuff buttons re-located.
Thanks in advance!
- John
My experience has been that you usually get the two buttons on the cuff if you bought a shirt with two sleeve numbers, e.g., 15-32/33. The tighter button is for a 32 sleeve and the looser button is for a 33 sleeve. I usually only buy dress/sport shirts now with only one sleeve length number so most of my shirts only have the one button and possibly a gauntlet button.