Folks who wear button up shirts: do you start buttoning from the top button or the bottom?
I start from the bottom. You can line up the buttons without needing to look in a mirror. I don't understand why anyone would start buttoning from the top. It's just less efficient. Explain your reasoning
Oh God. Oh the humanity! Why would you even put that picture in my head..... I'm so stressed out now visualising which direction I would go in after buttoning the middle button. Oh this is like psychological warfare....
Top every time. I line up the neck, go one down by one. Never had an issue with this and helps me when I get the the bottom as I pull the surf down on each side
I start from the second-top button and work down. I don't need a mirror either and for me it's easier to line up the correct button and hole. Been doing it that way since I was a kid, so it's muscle memory at this point.
Top to bottom. As soon as I closed the first button, all other buttons are already directly at their hole so I just need to close them. Hardly ever get alignment issues, only when I'm drunk or stressed.
Generally bottom up. Any other way and I am invariably off by a button or two. Sometimes I'm very tired and lazy I start from the middle like some kind of deranged person, but it never ends well.
If I start from the bottom, I either accidentally start one button up on one side, or as I am going up I somehow skip a button. End result is that I have no holes left and one button left over at the top. So I start from the top and work down, and almost always - that works out for me.
This is what I do, and for this exact reason. If I start from the bottom I’d say it’s probably 70/30 that I get it right vs have one left over. Start from the op it more like 90/10
I'm not kidding when I say I start from the middle.
Sometimes I leave the top few buttons open (very broad chest, don't judge me), or if I have to button them up for something formal, especially if I'm wearing a tie, I leave that part to the last possible moment to not torture myself a moment longer than absolutely necessary.
This is not exactly true if I'm wearing a tailored shirt with cuff links. They fit perfectly either way so I button top down to dress up and look fancy as soon as possible.
From the top. I don't even have to look at a mirror. Just line up the collar and eyeball it. No particular reason why I do it that way, though. I guess it just felt more natural.
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