Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Why do men's suits have buttons on the sleeve?

Why do men's suits have buttons on the sleeve?

ANS: During the Napoleonic wars Gen. Napoleon demanded that his troops be clean in their appearance. They had this nasty habit of wiping their noses on their sleeve, so he had buttons sewn on the inside of the cuffs to prevent them from wiping either their nose or their mouth clean.

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