Buttons: to button or not?

Jacket buttons are a source of confusion for many people. Depending on what style jacket you are wearing you should button some of them but not all of them. Here are the basic rules:

One button jackets - button it

Two button jackets - button the top but not the bottom button

Three button jackets - button the top, your choice on the middle, don't button the bottom one

Four button jackets - button the top one, your choice on the middle two, don't button the last one

Five button jackets - don't buy them, if you have one don't wear it

More than five button jackets - see above

Working buttons on jacket sleeves - also known as surgeon's cuffs, leave the button closest to your hand unbuttoned on each sleeve and button the rest.

When you sit you should unbutton all your jacket buttons (obviously this does not apply to sleeves) before you sit. If you can't button any of your buttons you should buy a new jacket.