5 button vest?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Thanks for all the responses. I think you have all confirmed my own thoughts that a 5 button vest is not really the best option

If I'm wearing the PC vest I think I may just as well go with the whole PC anyway. That solves the problem

You are overlooking the most useful attribute of the black Argyll jacket-- pockets. Were it I, I'd opt for the Argyll and a three button waistcoat, and positively revel in the joy of having pockets into which I could thrust my hands, or fill them with such necessary impedimenta as cell phones, or car keys, or a few bucks to tip waiters and valets, pipe and tobacco, a small pistol, or a tin of snuff.

A formal Argyll also marks a man out as a man of style, one not bonded to the herd timorously attired in Prince Charlie coatees, wishing they had the nerve to ask their wife to put something else in her purse.