Hallie AbramsFounder & Lead Stylist, The Wardrobe Consultant

A sign of a well-made blazer!🧵🪡

26 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by creator kind-iguana explaining that a sign of a well-made blazer or jacket is working (functional) sleeve buttons — real buttonholes rather than purely decorative sewn-on buttons. The speaker demonstrates unbuttoning two sleeve buttons and folding the cuff back to mimic a French cuff, noting this provides a polished design element, avoids visible lining or sleeve shortening, and signals higher construction quality.

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Did you know that a sign of a well made blazer or jacket is working buttons? Working buttons means that the buttonhole literally works. That's what it means. Sometimes buttons will just be sewn on and there won't be a true buttonhole. It costs more to do it this way, but it is a sign of something being well made. The beauty of that is also see here. I unbuttoned two of the buttons and folded back the cuff so that it almost looks like a French cuff. And it doesn't have. I mean, I'm all about rolling sleeves, but sometimes when the lining shows, it just looks sloppy. It doesn't look quite as polished and finished where this way you don't have to shorten it. It adds an interesting design element and you got it.