a definition on jackets

[Bugbear]

The number of buttons on the front closure or on the sleeve has nothing to do with rules but is simply a matter of style.

There are, and have, been styles of jackets with one, two, three, and many more buttons on the front.

The number of buttons on the cuff is a little bit more regimented but still a matter of style.
Many Bespoke Tailors maintain that the only "proper" number of buttons on the cuff is four. They also maintain that the buttons should be in actual button holes and really work. My Bespoke suits have this feature but I have never seen an off-the-rack suit with it.

I chose three buttons on my Jackets more as a symbol that they are Made-to-Measure versus Custom or Bespoke. Plus, I like that style.

By the way, a three button front closure Jacket is only buttoned with the middle button. A two button Jacket is buttoned with both. A one Button Jacket is usually designed not to be buttoned at all.

Good point about the funtional buttons on a bespoke jacket. I always end up having to alter the sleeve length on off the rack jackets; very complecated if there are buttonholes on the cuff...

So there are good quality, one button, kilt jackets? Will most people not assume that a kilt jacket is of low quality if they only see one button?

It's hard for me to know these things, but these are the questions that go through my mind when I see statements of quality or low quality.

* I need to clarify that last statement. After the quality of the single button jackets was called into question, I began to wonder about the quality. Before that, I thought nothing of it in relation to the buttons. *