What’s With the Two-Button Rule? (opens in new tab)

"I’m a psychotherapist with a lot of white-collar clients. I’m pretty heavily tattooed, so wearing a suit helps me seem more credible. However, I am tripping on one rule: Why is it forbidden to button both buttons of a suit jacket?" a reader asked Vanessa Friedman, chief fashion critic for The New York Times. "It gives me better posture and makes me look more together, but am I embarrassing myself if I continue to ignore this?" When wearing a two-button suit jacket, one is generally advised t...