waistcoat buttons

[Vampyre Master]

Greetings
I have a white dinner waistcoat, it has button sized holes in the front and very small holes in the back, what do I buy to do this up?
regards
Vampyre

 

[Josephine]

Waistcoat studs

 

[Anthony Jordan]

To add to Josephine's reply, UK versions often look like this:

They occasionally turn up on eBay, and can be bought from Clermont direct, thus:

http://www.clermontdirect.com/marcella-waistcoat-buttons-p-180.html

In extremis, sewn-on buttons can be substituted, but the effect is not quite the same, in my opinion.

 

[Vampyre Master]

To add to Josephine's reply, UK versions often look like this:

They occasionally turn up on eBay, and can be bought from Clermont direct, thus:

http://www.clermontdirect.com/marcella-waistcoat-buttons-p-180.html

In extremis, sewn-on buttons can be substituted, but the effect is not quite the same, in my opinion.

thank you Anthony just bought same, now ready for dinner at House of Commons in Jan. (will post photos then)

regards
vampyre

 

[Anthony Jordan]

My pleasure!

 

[Ethan Bentley]

I've never seen anything like this before, looks very interesting. Does anyone have a picture of a waistcoat with these on?

 

[Evan Everhart]

I've never seen anything like this before, looks very interesting. Does anyone have a picture of a waistcoat with these on?

I've got a (if I recall correctly) Marshal Fields & Company dinner suit waist-coat from the teens that takes vest studs. I'll put up a picture soon!