Question: Altering the Button placement on a DB Suit Jacket

[Team_Feisar]

I really like the look of double breasted suits (and blazers) but as a slightly over 6,7 dude with a generally lean physique, there is one problem that consistently keeps me from buying one: the "button box" is basically almost standard sized, while everything else around it is sized up vertically. This leads to the buttons being too close together in all dimensions, with very little overlap of material in the front - relatively to how much jacket material there is at my size. This also has the questionable side effect of having a visually lower button stance + larger "tie window" than you'd expect to see on a DB suit - even when the center button perfectly aligns with the natural waist.
Simply put, it always looks deeply off in a way that kills the whole DB vibe for me.

So, with this background: I assume that it would be rather easy to have a tailor "space out" the buttons vertically, especially the upper row of compeltely non-functional buttons.
What I would like to know is if it would also be possible to space the buttons out vertically, which would require to let out the same amount of material across the jacket to compensate for the deeper overlay of material in the front.

Would this be doing "too much" and achieve nothing but mess up the jacket permanently or could this actually be done relatively safely?

Sadly I have no pictures at hand as I never actually bought a DB suit or blazer due to this specific problem and so far, I couldn't find the financial irresponsibility within me to go fully bespoke

 

[Judgmentalist]

Well, I’m not a tailor, but the geometry of a suit jacket is pretty static. Moving stuff around like that generally will affect the look in a way that will register as incorrect. And you are correct, at 6’7” there isn’t a good solution to this problem off the rack. You can try doing a relatively cheap MTM suit with a company that can measure you at a physical location and that has a “we’ll remake it or alter it to get it right” guarantee on your first suit. Assuming you can get to a storefront within reasonable driving distance, this is what I would do. Trying to measure yourself is usually a mess.