Spencer Tuxedo from Tailcoat

[triolamj]

I like the square Celtic buttons as opposed to the diamond-shaped thistle ones. For this jacket though I have a full set plus some of round silver Irish harp buttons purchased from Scotland. Zardoz ended up with the first set I bought that had an olive cast that didn't show up in pictures. The question is: Should I just attach them like a satin button or should I ask for buttonholes to hide the shank and back them with retainer rings so that they can be removed.

On another note: When I originally purchased my Argyll from J. Higgins, I requested that they replace the two right-hand buttons with buttonholes so that I could button up the Argyll and avoid wearing a vest or cumberbund. The buttons were square and the buttonholes were the same width as the buttons . . . which makes it very tough to button up the jacket. Make sure that you ask for buttonholes at least an 1/8 or 1/4 inch larger than the button UNLESS it's round.