3 button or 2 button suit for residency interviews?

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Is there a consensus on which one is better for interviews?

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Two botton Ivy League cut will always be in style. Three botton if you want to look like sopranos' Chrisopher moltisanti.

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Have you seen the lack of fashion sense by the vast majority of physicians? I wouldn't stress, bro.
 
Anything less than 5 buttons dooms you to family medicine in North Dakota

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The only thing that matters is, if it fits correctly and if you button it correctly.
 
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I think if I were 6'5" or taller I would try rocking the 3-button suit.

Average height --> there is no choice. 2 button all the way
 
I'm 6'4" and can only pull off a three button suit. I definitely follow the sometimes, always, never rule. Not trying to look like Kramer from Seinfeld.
 
The world of fashion would disagree with you, but to each their own.

Edit: Not trying to recommend people wear a 3-button suit, just saying it works for some people.
Wasn't aware the world of fashion had given accolades to Steve Harvey for his suits. Either way, the "world of fashion" makes people look like clowns all the time in their runway shows.
 
The world of fashion would disagree with you, but to each their own.

Edit: Not trying to recommend people wear a 3-button suit, just saying it works for some people.

I hope this was a joke. It's commonly accepted that Steve Harvey looks terrible. Nobody actually thinks he looks good in those awful ridiculous suits.
 
He's gotten better, and makes a great move now and then, but Steve Harvey has been synonymous with vomitous style. Perhaps the "world of fashion" forgot his ten button suits.
 
Dumb question:

If we should never button the bottom button of a 2 button suit, why is there a button there at all?

The QI people at my institution would correctly point out that this is a system failure issue. Placing the button there clearly suggests that it should be buttoned, and hence someone will button it, yielding a catastrophe. Hence, the button should be removed for the good of all mankind. I should put some sort of hashtag here, but I don't know how to twitter.
 
Dumb question:

If we should never button the bottom button of a 2 button suit, why is there a button there at all?

The QI people at my institution would correctly point out that this is a system failure issue. Placing the button there clearly suggests that it should be buttoned, and hence someone will button it, yielding a catastrophe. Hence, the button should be removed for the good of all mankind. I should put some sort of hashtag here, but I don't know how to twitter.

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who calls slacks and a white coat a suit? 😳
I've come across this once before where a doctor called the attire a suit, which I thought was ridiculous. I just can't be too sure anymore, especially with doctors, which is why I asked SS
 
So, why would you do that? (Wear a hard to properly and frequently clean suit jacket to a place filled with communicable diseases and body fluids?)
 
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