Tweed jacket question

[MacLowlife]

Do watch out for ladies' jackets that button right over left. Particularly in tweed, they might get mistaken for men's and put on the wrong rack. I would echo the advice above about sleeves and hem. If you look at a lot of jackets, you can begin to get a sense of lapel length, which waxes and wanes, along with lapel width, but particularly with 2 button jackets shortened to 1, there is an altered proportion that sometimes jumps out. I believe that is part of what Thompson talks about in his discussion of conversions in SO YOU'RE GOING. When he was writing, 3 button jackets were out of style and 2 button ones were in. These days, the reverse seems to be true. It is only my opinion, but I believe a 3 - 2 button jacket conversion generally looks better than a 2 -1.