On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 08:19:18 +0300, Micky wrote:

OT? How come on a lot of men's shuirts, the button holes are oriented
vertically except for the bottom one, which is horizontal?






In most shirts, there is more likely to be horizontal stress/pulling
than vertical stress/pulling. Buttons are more likely to stay in the
buttonhole if the direction of the stress is in the same direction of
the stress (button pulls to end of buttonhole) than if it is
perpendicular (button pulls out of buttonhole). So horizontal button
holes are actually more functional than vertical.

However, vertical button holes look better in general. Especially so
if the button is being pulled to the end of the buttonhole.

So convention has been to use vertical button holes except where the
button hole is likely to be out of sight. This is typically the bottom
most button hole (tucked into your pants) and sometimes the topmost
button hole also (under your tie, or unbuttoned)