quick poll: do you button your SB?

[Connemara]

Sometimes when standing, sometimes not. If I'm around family and friends I will generally go unbuttoned.

[JamesT1]

It depends on if I am wearing a waistcoat or not. Almost always, when I'm standing, the jacket is buttoned; rarely, if ever, when I am sitting.

James

[kolecho]

I never button when seated. Very seldom button up when standing. I prefer the informality, and it is cooler.

[zjpj]

Yes when standing, no when seated
Less often if I wear a vest

[Cufflink79]

I will button up while standing, and unbutton while seated.

If I am wearing a three piece suit, (which I have not done since Autumn of 1988 ) I would want the jacket to be tailored so I could button it comfortably however, I would leave it unbuttoned while sitting and standing to show of the vest, and also the watch chain if I am wearing one.

I noticed that Brian Williams of NBC Nighty News keeps his jacket buttoned while standing and seated.

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

[yachtie]

Seated, usually unbuttoned
Standing no waistcoat, buttoned
Standing, waistcoat, unbuttoned.
Why? can't say but that's the way I've done it.

[ccffm1]

Unbuttoned when seated, closed when standing.

[JLibourel]

Standing always buttoned, seated never...unless I forget. I always feel embarrassed if I have stepped over to a co-worker's office next door and left my jacket unbuttoned.

[Scott]

Suit Coat (no waistcoat): buttoned when standing ... unbuttoned when seated
Suit Coat (w/ waistcoat): typically buttoned when standing ... unbuttoned when seated
Odd Jacket/Coat: depends upon the cloth* when standing ... unbuttoned when seated
* the more casual the cloth ... the more likely it will be unbuttoned.