Fig. 23.—A coat with the skirts buttoned back and showing the lining.
Fig. 24.—A dress coat with skirts cut away.
The buttons, in the interesting cases which we have described, have been allowed to remain as part and parcel of our costume on account of their decorative character, and in a great measure the same is true of those on coat cuffs (see Figure [25]). In many cases there are proper buttonholes, and it is possible to undo the sleeve buttons; but occasionally the arrangement has degenerated and the buttonholes are imitations or only the buttons remain.
Fig. 25.—A modern coat cuff with buttons.