Quote Originally Posted by davidg View Post
Maybe. But also look at the number of buttons and, particularly, that the lowest button appears to be on the other side of the front which is quite odd in itself

To me it clearly looks like a jacket that has not been fastened by choice rather than by design but it would be impossible to button with the buttons where they are placed

It's merely the impresssion I get looking at the detail but I may well be wrong
I think the buttons on the lapels are simply for ornamentation. The jacket is I think not meant to button up at all. The buttons on the other side on the front look to me as if they are for the tashes, you do not see them on the other side because of the way the subject is posed.