Buttons On Both Sides of a Jacket Closure?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Ted,
I'm not too sure this would work, due to the spacing of the buttons. With a single breasted jacket the buttons are one inch in from the edge. With a double breasted jacket they are about five inches in from the edge. Because of the radical cut away of a day wear kilt jacket a double row of buttons, even three inches in from the edge, would probably detract from the graceful lines of the jacket.

Like you said, the best way to see if it works is to pin them on and see how it looks.

[Bugbear]

Ted,
I'm not too sure this would work, due to the spacing of the buttons. With a single breasted jacket the buttons are one inch in from the edge. With a double breasted jacket they are about five inches in from the edge. Because of the radical cut away of a day wear kilt jacket a double row of buttons, even three inches in from the edge, would probably detract from the graceful lines of the jacket.

Like you said, the best way to see if it works is to pin them on and see how it looks.

Thanks, MacMillan of Rathdown.

The buttons on the right side of the jacket would be staying almost where they are on this single breasted jacket. Essentialy, I am putting buttons over the buttonholes on the left side of the jacket, and that would require the buttons on the right side to be moved in about a half inch to make it all even.

To me, that makes the jacket front more symmetrical looking, rather than having the round buttons on one side and dash-like button holes on the other. I guess I will plan on looking for buttons for the experiment; I need slightly larger buttons than the jacket has now, so they will cover the buttoneholes.