Button Choices

[Guest]

Does anyone on the lounge have an opinion on dark mother of pearl buttons for jackets? I quite like them on lighter navy blazers but would probably baulk at having them on a suit. Does anybody disagree?

[Guest]

I have smoke gray MOP buttons on a medium gray summer-weight suit (with a waistcoat in a lighter shade of gray), so I obviously like them. I also have the lighter ones on a seersucker suit and two summer odd jackets.

As a general rule, use MOP buttons on lighter weight cloth, but I can see solid dark MOP buttons on some hard finished heavy weight cloths as well (I think this will only work with solids). Choose between the light or darker MOP buttons based on the weight of and color of the cloth and intended use. I have a hard time seeing light MOP on a dark suit for summer evenings but maybe someone else out there will speak up and say they like the contrast on a jacket for evening.