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Sorry for the delayed reply — holiday commitments. I've read that the internal button helps divide the load, so as to take stress off the working, showing buttons. Also, and maybe more importantly, I'd like it for the times when I came inside but not for long enough to take the coat off (e.g...

My idea is that the inside button should go somewhere close to where the pen is in the photo.

Hi all, this is a great thread and I have a question, but first my pea coat origin story. I have a couple of vintage coats (Brooks Brothers trench and overcoat) so when I decided that I needed to add a pea coat, I started at the better secondhand stores near where I live in Toronto. To be...