Button-Down vs Button-Up: Do You Know the Difference?

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Working in menswear for much of my career, I've picked up the nuances regarding terminology and the key distinctions between classic garments: jacket (blazer) vs jacket (outerwear), chinos vs khakis, turtlenecks vs mocknecks vs rollnecks—the list goes on. Some terms have clear-cut definitions, while others are a bit grayer and open to interpretation. One...