Here's a tip to help you remember: You canbutton downthe collar on a button-down. Not all button-up shirts have those extra buttons, though. See actor Alexander Skarsgard as an example. Skarsgard shows us what a button-up looks like. Take note of the button-free collar.Getty Images Th...
Emma Fierberg
Unbuttoning always impacts your style by being more casual and, sometimes, showing a dash of that casual nonchalance calledsprezzatura. Buttoning, on the other hand, always equals greaterformality–when you wear a suit and are standing up, you’re supposed toclose some of the button(s)on the...
Black all-leather slip-ons are a great way to dress up and style a smart casual outfit. Their classic silhouette and sleek construction partner beautifully with chinos, a button-down, and a blazer. Complete the dapper combination with a leather-strapped dress watch. Just make sure the strap ...
So when do you reach for a tuxedo and when is it time to button up a suit? The wedding dress code is your best clue, but there are a few other hints that can help along the way. Is the event during the day, regardless of dress code? Stick with a suit–tuxes are for when the...
As for what to wear under the blazer, a classic white button-up or basic white t-shirt never fails. Complete the outfit with a nice pair of shoes. Try matching your shoes with your bottom-wear for a formal look. If you are wearing jeans pair them with loafers. ...
both sides of the collar, both sides of the cuffs. I meticulously line up the sleeves so that the crease fits into the pleats at the cuff. I iron both sides of the flat-felled seams on the sides of the shirt body, both sides of the button placket—-and on and on—in boring ...
A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve. Hem The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline. Cuff The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg. Hem A short cough or clearing of the throat made especial...
I am a compulsive shirt un-buttoner. I have to undo the first two or three buttons and loosen the shirt up a bit, right there on the hanger. Can’t help it. My coat buttons in the dead of winter, are another story. I donotlike being cold. But shirts are made to be undone. ...
“like” button. Big mistake; he turned on me like a starved circus lion, and wants twenty-one fascinating tidbits about myself in return for my gesture of kindness, when he himself had only ten. While at present I hold him in contempt and compare him to a steamy, offensive, maggot-...