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Snaps worn undone -opinions?

Katerina

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Hello everybody,
It has been a long time I have not posted here, I guess I was I bit out of my fashion interest sphere for a while due to a lot of stress in life. Slowly getting back, though
I have ordered a vegan leather black shirt, which fits me well and would also fit my style well and my wardrobe. I picture some outfits where I would wear the leather shirt mostly as a leather jacket, in a rather dressy way paired with velvet pants, wool pants (perhaps knitted) or other textures to complement the leather. Of course a silk scarf, or a cashmere scarf and a silk blouse underneath. In other words - my typical formula, almost my uniform.

There is a catch though. The leather shirt has a snaps button down closure and the snaps on the inner side are silver. I want to wear this shacket mostly open. I know there are many pictures out there showing similar shackets worn open with the snaps visible, but it bothers me a little. I have three options;
Ignore the snaps and wear it like nothing is happening… cover the snaps with scarves at least partly and forget the snaps are even there.
Try to color the snaps black - perhaps with a black nail polish. Might ruin the function of the snaps. On the other hand, I want to wear them open.
Return the leather shirt.
Full disclosure; it was very inexpensive - it was on deep discount and cost less than 27 Euros. But it looks lovely and is comfy.

Pic 1 is the actual vegan leather shirt.
Pic 2 is just to demonstrate, how the snaps look like on a similar shirt.

What are your thoughts? Are you also bothered by visible snaps when wearing a topper open? Or am I silly? or is it a thing not to show snaps…

And on another note - a bonus pick of my outfit I wore to a business meeting last week. I chose a rather robust black pantsuit, as I travelled by plane and underground before my meetings and back late evening on the lates flight back home. A newish Ferragamo scarf worn over a pink silk blouse. I wore a matching nail polish and lippie. Not particularly creative or new, but it did the job in the professional setting and provided me with comfort.

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Latest reply was from Mirjana

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Katerina, your black suit outfit is so gorgeous and elegant! What a beautiful color in the scarf and blouse.

I understand your dilemma about the snaps. I'm a little self-conscious about showing open snaps, too. But I do it anyway. If you were making a garment with snaps, you can actually cover the snaps in fabric, which is a classy touch. But this kind of snap on the leather shirt is not one that you could remove and cover and re-install. Once they are on, they are on! So I am in favor of the option "Ignore the snaps and wear it like nothing is happening"! The outfits you create with the shirt-jacket will be more casual than wearing a blazer anyway, so embrace the snaps.

Helena

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So nice to see you Katerina! That is a great shirt and I can visualize it slotting well into your gorgeous wardrobe. The snaps wouldn't bother me, but I don't think it's silly that they might bother you at all! I think it might be worth trying black nail polish ... I think Angie said she changed hardware with nail polish and with her attention to detail it must have worked well... And if you're not likely to button the shirt up too much it probably wouldn't matter too much if it made it a bit trickier to snap. And there's always (carefully used!) Nail polish remover worst case. If it was expensive then perhaps not, but given it was not a huge investment I think I'd chance it.

Angie

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KILLER in the suit with the floral scarf in that glam, polished, and structured Katerina - way

I GET THE SILVER SNAP DILEMMA.

I changed silver buttons to gold with gold nail polish as Helena mentioned. So experimenting by making them black is one way to go.

rachylou

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If you do on occasion do up the snaps, the colour will probably come off… but it’s worth a shot. I wonder if sharpie permanent marker pen would work.

CarolS

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I don't think the snaps would bother me, Katerina -- they look just fine in the example you show. I kind of like Rachy's suggestion about trying a sharpie pen to darken the snaps. They wouldn't go black, but you could probably tone down the silver enough that they'd be less obvious, and you wouldn't have to worry about whether the extra layer of nail polish would cause functionality issues. I think I remember hearing that my SIL's sister uses sharpies to dull down bright metal finishes on costume jewelry! That might be all you'd need here....

Great shirt, by the way!

Suz

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Gorgeous suit, Katerina -- you look wonderful!

The shirt looks fantastic and what a great textural kick to the closet! The snaps would not bother me if they were showing. I would tend to wear silver accent jewellery in that case and perhaps scale back on the jewellery I might otherwise wear (depending on how visible they are). But I also think it is worth experimenting with the polish or a sharpie if they do bother you.

Runcarla

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Try the sharpie permanent marker before you try nail polish. For funsies I used a black sharpie on tin foil (#1) both shiny and dull side. It looks black, but in some lights tales on a pupleish tinge. The silver coloured paper clip (#2) looked black without any secondary colour.

(So nice to see you posting!)

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unfrumped

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Great outfit!
I too would embrace the snaps. I think k might wear it both open and closed and I would worry the the marker job would wear off and the snaps look scruffy.

slim cat

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Nice and polished!
I like snaps - so I'd try to embrace it ( gold ones gave me some pause but it was quickly overcome - silver is my metal ).

pirouette

I love your suit outfit Katerina it looks so good on you. Business like with a touch of femininity. I understand how the snaps bother you and it’s very difficult not to see them once it annoys you. I tried nail polish on the hardware of a bag but it wore off after a while and looked scruffy.

kkards

Veteran

So nice to see you again! And in a sharp looking suit, nicely softened by gorgeous scarf
no ideas re the snaps because its not something that i would actively think about.

Star

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I actually like seeing the snaps, but you have to wear it. Brilliant piece.

JAileen

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I have a cotton jacket with brass snaps that annoy me. On an inconspicuous snap (on a sleeve) I tried using a silver Sharpie with abysmal results. I was trying to cover the flat outside part of the snap. Also, I was concerned with accidentally touching the fabric with the pen. Several years ago I was able to tone down a bright brass zipper on a navy leather jacket. I think I used blue painter’s tape to protect the leather. The snaps are nearly flat and I considered surrounding the snaps with tape or punching a hole in the tape. But the pen itself was so bad at covering the brass, that it seemed pointless to go forward. A black Sharpie might cover better. I think it toned down the zipper but didn’t turn it black.

Cardiff girl

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Hello,lovely to hear from you again.Looking fabulously polished as always.l think that you could wear the shirt as it is but if it bothers you plenty of good suggestions already given that you might like to try.

Jaime

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So nice to see you Katerina! Glad to hear things are calming down for you. Your "boring" outfit looks super! As for the dilemma, I would probably try to embrace the snap, and if that didn't work try to blacken them as suggested above.

Bijou

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The shirt is a great find and looks amazing on you, especially with your gorgeous scarf. I would amend with a sharpie and have done something similar to a leather handbag where I didn't like the brand's silver lettering being so prominent on the surface of the bag.

Synne

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Great to see you again!
I get the issue with the snaps. They are very "loud " in an otherwise dramatic, sleek all black ensemble. How about making a feature out of them with loads of silver accessories? Silver necklaces, silver scarf, silver shoes..

Anonymous

Love your outfit! Yes to darkening the snaps if they bother you, but I can totally see it working in your wardrobe.

RobinF

Veteran

Love that new jacket! Such nice details.

I don't mind snaps but if you do it would be worth trying one of the tricks to tone them down.

Katerina

Veteran

Sorry for the late reply, I have been under the weather a few days.

Thank you all so very much for the feedback and ideas how to handle the silver snaps. I really appreciate everyone’s comments and time.

I have decided to keep the shirt/jacket. I had an old black permanent marker sharpie at home. So, as some of you suggested, I tried to use it on one of the snaps on the sleeve to see if it would work. At first, it looked really good - almost black and the color dried fast. But later, the black coat has peeled off on parts of the surface. Maybe it happened because the marker was old. Anyway, I decided to leave the silver snaps as they are. As you also have suggested, I will use the jacket with silver accessories.

Mirjana

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The black suit is perfect on you like usual, so elegant. I agree with you just keep it with silver, why not, I like it.