But some people in Waterbury are hooked on the buttons ... the shiny brass fasteners that adorned the uniforms of the original crew in 1912, and more recently they crafted 3,000 gold- plated ...

The conventional dresser chooses a single- or double-breasted blue blazer with classic brass buttons and a somewhat ambiguous fabric that is between the dressy look of a worsted business-suit ...

It may take the form of a double-breasted dress uniform with brass buttons and epaulettes ... dress uniform with its rows of horizontal gold braid across the front and gold tasselled epaulettes ...