Which buttons to button on a dress shirt

But the advantage that allows us to get a big impact out of small changes is the very same thing that can help our looks fall apart really quickly. Case in point: the two single buttons that took down the outfit Leonardo DiCaprio wore to a screening of his new documentary, Before the Flood. Let's start with the shirt: The whole point of undoing a button on a dress shirt is to look more casual than you would wearing a tie.

And yet, here DiCaprio doesn't look particularly relaxed. His shirt collar looks stiff and is still standing up pretty firmly. Per the opening dialogue of season one, episode one of Seinfeld :. Button Spacing refers to the distance between the buttons on the shirt front measured from button center to button center. This is different from the distance between the collar button and the top shirt button, which is controlled by Top Button Placement.

Button Spacing cannot be specified directly. It is automatically determined by the system based on the shirt Back Length, Posture, and Top Button Placement settings. Generally this problem resolves itself when a tie is worn, and is not an issue if the collar is left unbuttoned.

This relaxed atmosphere calls for a couple more opened buttons, starting from the collar, not the bottom-- wait until you're home to unleash your food belly! To impress your lady, you need good button manners. For a grill-out with your buds, the standard rule of thumb is two to three buttons undone from the collar. But you also get more leeway for the lower buttons at the hem.

This looseness is only acceptable if your shirt is half-tucked and in this case, you may unbutton the last two buttons.