The shirt top button is redundant
Have you ever noticed that you don’t need to use the top button of a business shirt?
Sure you can button it up for when you put on a tie, but you actually don’t need to do so. In fact, if you do it up and the tie is too lose, it looks terrible; and if your tie is tighter than the shirt really allows, it also looks terrible!
So I am now having all my shirts made without the top button.
An advantage of this is that I can have the button replaced with an extra set of buttonholes in a contrasting colour. This can be a subtle but stylish design feature (just note it in the “special requests” section) that is invisible when you are wearing a tie, but comes out when you want to play.
And keep your eyes open for the return of pin-collar shirts…