herringbonekid
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it looks to me like the ripple between the two buttons has happened over years when the jacket has been on a hanger with just the middle button fastened and the top button area has sagged down slightly. you should be able to press the ripple out (just that area) with a cloth over the suit to prevent any iron shine.
i advise not trying to press the lapels into a 3-roll-2 as Fastuni suggests. jackets have an internal roll / bridle tape. it's a strip of linen tape which is placed to hold the lapel shape to where it is supposed to roll:
... this can be done softly (as in a 3-roll-2) or firmly as in most British 3 buttons of this type. the roll tape creates a 'firm edge'. if you re-press a jacket's lapels you're moving the firm edge away from where it was intended to be, and the lapel will always try to get back to that original position. not worth doing in my opinion as you're tampering with the underlying structure of a jacket.
of course, there's nothing to stop anyone from leaving the top button of a jacket undone, even if it isn't a soft-roll chest. but that doesn't mean the jacket was intended to be worn that way.
i advise not trying to press the lapels into a 3-roll-2 as Fastuni suggests. jackets have an internal roll / bridle tape. it's a strip of linen tape which is placed to hold the lapel shape to where it is supposed to roll:
... this can be done softly (as in a 3-roll-2) or firmly as in most British 3 buttons of this type. the roll tape creates a 'firm edge'. if you re-press a jacket's lapels you're moving the firm edge away from where it was intended to be, and the lapel will always try to get back to that original position. not worth doing in my opinion as you're tampering with the underlying structure of a jacket.
of course, there's nothing to stop anyone from leaving the top button of a jacket undone, even if it isn't a soft-roll chest. but that doesn't mean the jacket was intended to be worn that way.
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