Button studs are used to fasten the front of a formal shirt, replacing buttons, by inserting them through special stud holes and then through the corresponding buttonholes on the opposite side.
Button studs are typically used on formal shirts, such as those worn with a tuxedo. They serve as decorative and functional fasteners for the front placket of the shirt, often replacing some or all of the traditional buttons. The process is similar to buttoning a regular shirt, but you use the studs instead of sewing them on.
Here's how you use button studs based on common practice and the provided reference:
- Prepare Your Shirt: Ensure your formal shirt is ready to be fastened. Formal shirts designed for studs will have specific stud holes in the front placket, usually located above the regular buttonholes. These stud holes look like standard buttonholes but are often slightly smaller or reinforced.
- Insert the Studs: Insert a stud through each opening on the front of your shirt. As the reference notes, "Stud holes are located above each button, and they look like regular buttonholes, only smaller." Push the front (decorative) side of the stud through these dedicated stud holes from the outside of the shirt.
- Fasten Through Buttonholes: Once the back of the stud is through the stud hole, you need to secure it to the other side of the shirt placket. Fasten each stud using the original buttonholes from the other side of the shirt, just as you would a regular button. This means you guide the back of the stud through the corresponding buttonhole on the opposite side of the shirt front.
Think of the process this way:
- Stud Hole: The hole on the shirt's decorative placket side where the stud goes in first.
- Buttonhole: The standard hole on the shirt's underlying placket side where the stud comes through and is secured.
By following these steps, the button studs will hold the front of your shirt together securely and provide the intended formal aesthetic.
