only one man is allowed to do this, and his name is Yasuto Kamoshita
30% of you know exactly what I'm talking about
The rule with a three button suit is “sometimes, always, never.” Never button the bottom button. The rule with a two button suit is even easier: button the top button, but not the bottom. And don’t get me started on double breasted jackets. DBs are hard. SBs are easy.
So when you see a man wear a single breasted jacket with only the bottom button buttoned, you can rightly think to yourself, “that man is wearing that jacket incorrectly.” Unless that man’s name is Yasuto Kamoshita.
I don’t know why. I don’t make the rules. It doesn’t make sense. But much like Gianni Agnelli’s watch, this buttoning signature is a personal quirk of Kamoshita’s style, and only he can get away with it.
According to this article, Kamoshita was inspired by Fred Astaire. He liked it, he cut his own jackets around that approach. But here’s the thing… Fred Astaire didn’t button the bottom button. He just liked a really low buttoning point.
Anyway, it doesn’t really matter how he ran into the quirk. It’s his now.
And it’s not wrong when he does it. It’s still wrong when you do it. You wear your watch under your shirt cuff, and you never button the bottom button on a single breasted jacket. Unless you, the person reading this, are Yasuto Kamoshita.
