Pop Quiz #472 pt.2

Returning to pop quiz 472 referring to button stand size, I was pleased with the offered comments. I don't remember now why I thought to even pose the question; I just remember being horribly embarrassed when the 1" rule I was taught was ridiculed at my first place of employment.

Based on some of the responses, I'm thinking I should have first explained the definition of button "stand" because I think many people confuse button stand as meaning the same thing as placket width (such as that seen on men's dress shirts). The reason they are not the same thing is because not every button closure has a placket but all button closures -even non-functional ones- have a stand. Technically, the stand lies from the line to be joined (often CF or CB) to the finished edge. On a man's dress shirt, the stand line runs halfway (vertically) through the placket width. The stand does not refer to the total space occupied by the button -which a placket will plus an allowance. The width of button stand does not include the half of the button that lies on the opposing side of that dividing line to the finished edge.