Shirt Buttoning

[Ron Kapieson]

Hi men,

I was buttoning my shirt the other day and I got quite a ribbing because I buttoned from bottom to top. After canvassing some friends it appears I may be in the minority on this so I figured I would take it to the Hawkeye Report Off Topic Community.

Do you button your shirts top to bottom or bottom to top? Germane to the topic, an additional question: do you refer to the shirt itself as a button up or button down shirt?

I look forward to the results and I hope you all have a very pleasant New Year.

Regards,
Ron

 

[StormHawk42]

In.

And of course button top Down. Down-up buttoners are equivalent to M1er’s and Cyclone fans.

 

[QChawks]

it seems like years since I've buttoned a shirt but when I did it was always bottom to top

 

[SeaPA]

The ladies generally prefer that I only button the lower two or three buttons, so they can more easily run their fingers thru the hair on my chest. So, it's easier to start from the bottom, otherwise I might get them misaligned.

 

[mnole03]

Top, but I respect bottoms.

 

[The Tradition]

Of course it's top to bottom and that also goes for when it's time to unbutton your shirt.

 

[bojihawk44]

Top to bottom. Starting at the bottom is a psycho move.

 

[stout1]

Random. Sometimes from the top, sometimes form the bottom, sometime I start in the middle.

I can't say that this has been a prescribed ritual for me.

 

[LuteHawk]

Sorry, I thought this thread was about button down collars
on dress shirts. This collegiate look will always be in style.

 

[QChawks]

OPs mom unbuttons top-down

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I usually go counter clockwise...

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Bottom up is typically for kids. Then your testes drop, you grow pubic hair, and top down becomes the method.

 

[SeaPA]

All of you idiots who start at the top & work your way down need to consider that Trad endorses that lunacy.

 

[Moral]

Start at top, be off by a button, unbutton from bottom then top down again.

 

[artradley]

In answer to your second question:

“Button up shirt” is simply a shirt with buttons. Not a pullover.

“Button down shirt” is a shirt with button collars

 

[gonegolfing]

No sane man buttons his shirt from the bottom up. Seriously, this has to be joke.

 

[LesClaypool]

Bottom - up.

Top down buttoners are radical left wing marxists.

 

[ping72]

I’ve never heard or seen anyone start from the bottom. That’s effing weird. And more difficult to align.

 

[h-hawk]

Chicks' shirts have the buttons and holes reversed!

 

[cfbfan23]

Mix it up some.

 

[JWolf74]

Top>bottom on dress shirts. I button bottom>up on polos, if there's 3 buttons. If there's only 2 I only button the bottom one because I'm not a psycho who buttons the top button on a polo.

 

[DaveSnedeker]

I oftentimes wear a tie requiring that I button the top button on my dress shirts. However, when I button my shirts, I start at the second button from the top and then work my way down the shirt. Then, I go back and button the top button. Not sure why.

 

[artradley]

I’ve never heard or seen anyone start from the bottom. That’s effing weird. And more difficult to align.

I can’t see my top button unless I’m standing in front of a mirror in order to make sure they’re lined up. But I can easily see my bottom button. So it’s easier to start at the bottom.

It’s a minimal advantage, but it is a bit easier. That said, my technique is pretty random.

 

[noleclone2]

I wonder if bottom to toppers also wipe their ass while standing up?

 

[Tenacious E]

Hi men,

I was buttoning my shirt the other day and I got quite a ribbing because I buttoned from bottom to top. After canvassing some friends it appears I may be in the minority on this so I figured I would take it to the Hawkeye Report Off Topic Community.

Do you button your shirts top to bottom or bottom to top? Germane to the topic, an additional question: do you refer to the shirt itself as a button up or button down shirt?

I look forward to the results and I hope you all have a very pleasant New Year.

Regards,
Ron

Lemme guess, you are a dirty M1er, you like Hawaiian pizza, and you like almond joy. You also hang toilet paper in an improper underhanded fashion.

 

[TJ8869]

I start from the bottom because I leave the top three buttons open.

 

[Tenacious E]

I start from the bottom because I leave the top three buttons open.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Top to bottom. Starting at the bottom is a psycho move.

exactly.

and it’s a button-front shirt. “Button down” refers to a shirt with a button-down collar.

 

[ping72]

I can’t see my top button unless I’m standing in front of a mirror in order to make sure they’re lined up. But I can easily see my bottom button. So it’s easier to start at the bottom.

It’s a minimal advantage, but it is a bit easier. That said, my technique is pretty random.

I guess I get that, but I don’t think I’ve not been standing in front of a mirror while dressing in decades.

 

[artradley]

I guess I get that, but I don’t think I’ve not been standing in front of a mirror while dressing in decades.

I usually dress in the closet, where all my clothes are. Or as I’m climbing out the window of OP’s mom’s house.

 

[darylhawk]

I noticed while "studying" certain posts in the Salma Hayek thread that she unbuttons her shirt from the top down, and I believe I do the same putting on or taking off shirts. I'll go back and verify my study before publishing to the scientific community.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

How did I miss this @Ron Kapieson thread? Jeez, I must have been drunk for a few days.

Regardless, as to your question Ron, I'm a top to bottom buttoner and I unbutton in that same direction as well.

I hope you are well Ron and that you haven't lost your HROT password again. The search function indicates that this was the last thread you posted in here.

Regards,
Obviously Oblivious

 

[Wendy79]

Chicks' shirts have the buttons and holes reversed!

So dumb.

 

[WisestIowan]

Bottom to top sometimes, many times I start in the middle.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

I can't think of the last time I wore a shirt with buttons. Thanks to Covid I work remote so they are just lucky if I put on pants.

 

[Herkmeister]

Sorry, I thought this thread was about button down collars
on dress shirts. This collegiate look will always be in style.

You Lute, are timeless as well. 🤠

 

[SoDakHawk]

I oftentimes wear a tie requiring that I button the top button on my dress shirts. However, when I button my shirts, I start at the second button from the top and then work my way down the shirt. Then, I go back and button the top button. Not sure why.

This. I do the same thing. I also don't put my tie on until the very very last thing I do, sometimes right before I head out the door.

It's been over 10 years since I had to dress like a monkey for the bank folk. So happy to be business casual now.