Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
... You are right to wonder about "dress eccentricity." Of course a gentlemen went to his tailor with specific thoughts. My evening waistcoats, for example, have four buttons, instead of the more commonly seen three. I personally find the 3 x 3 button placement not my favourite: that is why I asked my tailor to make this doublet up with buttons on one side, as was the standard for the "regulation style doublets" some time back. ...

The low cut, four button waistcoat is an interesting idea. I'm guessing that the buttons are basically closer and the cut of the waistcoat is, for the most part, the same as a three button waistcoat?

I don't have a PC or doublet in front of me to study in detail or try on, but I like the symmetry of the buttons on both sides. I am working on a kilt cut jacket, right now, that will have buttons on both sides of the closure, but the buttons are next to the edge of the closure. It would be like a two button Argyle with buttons also covering the buttonholes. Just an experiment, and why this thread caught my attention.