Buttons on black velvet vest

[Father Bill]

See, there's the thing. I'm getting good but conflicting advice based on the taste of a number of members. My original question was what would be seen in Scotland as more appropriate. My guess is that those bits may be conflicting advice too.

[Liam]

Padre... having now seen it, if you could some how source small diamond silver buttons perhaps from a child’s PC vest (they might be smaller??), it might be a keeper.

[Father Bill]

Padre... having now seen it, if you could some how source small diamond silver buttons perhaps from a child’s PC vest (they might be smaller??), it might be a keeper.

Thanks Liam. I already have available the small size buttons - As in the cuff size. They're just a small shade larger than what's on there now, but my concern is that they would be very close together. You're right - I might need something even smaller. Sigh.

Again, I'm wondering about what our Scots would recommend.

[Father Bill]

There. After my last comment, I laid them out beside the existing buttons as a point of comparison. Perhaps not as oversized as I had thought.

[ThistleDown]

It's not quite traditional, of course, FB, but I think it's close enough to be considered a 'personal statement' within the genre. I like the waistcoat-sized silver buttons because they bring it even further in and can't really see anything wrong with the number and nearness of them, either. I think it could look grand with a discrete silver watch chain, sans fob, looped from the second-bottom button up to whichever pocket you prefer, too.

[Father Bill]

It's not quite traditional, of course, FB, but I think it's close enough to be considered a 'personal statement' within the genre. I like the waistcoat-sized silver buttons because they bring it even further in and can't really see anything wrong with the number and nearness of them, either. I think it could look grand with a discrete silver watch chain, sans fob, looped from the second-bottom button up to whichever pocket you prefer, too.

Thanks Rex. That's what was going through my mind.

Other Highland thoughts?

[Jock Scot]

Try to find pictures of British army mess kit. Depending on the Regiment you will see three or four buttons placed on their waistcoats more or less how you have placed them on your waistcoat. Again, depending on the Regiment, they have small ball shaped buttons, or small flat buttons. So there are options available.