Button Flies

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Yale Cameron
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Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:30 pm

how do people feel about button flies on their bespoke trousers. I am considering getting some button flies made this time around rather than zip flies.
Costi
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Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:05 pm

If you try it as an oddity, you may find it uncomfortable because you lack the skill. But if you had button flies on all trousers, as I do, your fingers would know exactly what to do even in an emergency :oops:
A missing button is not a problem (and is easily sewn back), while a broken zipper (both up and down) can be very problematic and requires a trip to the tailor to replace...
Others may disagree, but in my experience fly buttons are not as stiff as zippers and don't tend to billow out when you sit.
Oh, and let's not raise the poor Duke again from the dead on account of such a mundane preference as that for zippers :wink:
simonc
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Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:29 pm

I've had and quite like button flies, though I can't find myself getting sufficiently excited about either option.

I'm not sure if I entirely agree with the billowing problem, because button flies tend to 'articulate' around the buttoning points. I've also never experienced either a broken fly zip or missing fly button. Still, I can see no major
Merc
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Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:33 pm

i like button flies on heavier trousers..but it is a bit tricky with the side button til lyou get used to it...
sartorius
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Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:50 pm

Zip every time as far I'm concerned. Less fiddly than buttons and, in my experience, usually a better drape.
BespokeMex
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Sat Dec 04, 2010 2:00 am

Buttons get my vote! :mrgreen:
A.Hacking
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:53 pm

I still prefer buttons despite having to get my hands wet when one came off at a most awkward moment.
Check the stitching regularly :D
Charlie Huang
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Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:16 am

Buttons all the way. I can't stand zips anymore.
DFR
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Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:44 pm

Buttons on more formal suits and a proportion of trousers.

I have never had problems with buttons or zips coming off/breaking respectively but do prefer the choice.
Troedyrhiw
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Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:38 pm

I have a pair of vintage bespoke trousers (probably pre WW2 French or Belgian) where the button holes are set at a slight angle. I have not seen this before on any of my bespoke or RTW trousers and I find the flie buttons are much easier to fasten as a result.
le.gentleman
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Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:35 am

Troedyrhiw wrote:I have a pair of vintage bespoke trousers (probably pre WW2 French or Belgian) where the button holes are set at a slight angle. I have not seen this before on any of my bespoke or RTW trousers and I find the flie buttons are much easier to fasten as a result.
I have seen that on vintage German bespoke suits from the 60s as well.
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