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Here's the bizarre reason people don't use the bottom button on suits
There’s a well documented rule when it comes to suits with three buttons, it’s as easy as: “sometimes, always, never” — Sometimes button up the top button, always button up the middle one, and never button-up the bottom one. Legend goes that in the early 19th century, Britain’s King Edward VII grew too fat for his suit and had to stop using the second button as a result.