Why is the top button on a button fly always bigger?

[MikeN]

Is there any reason for this? On my jeans, all buttons shall be of equal size!

[beefcake]

[digital_denim]

hmm...all my jeans, the top button is always the biggest. SD, Samurai, Fullcount.

[Guest Phrost]

I think it's for functional and aesthetic purposes. The top button is the biggest so the wearer can grab them the easiest. I guess it just evens out the proportions of the jeans.

[dnarnya]

the top button is always the hardest button to button...

[mr fluffernutter]

It's just the way things are, don't question it.

[dismalfuture]

Beyond the top buttons, I dig the Dior latch, the beltline looks so clean that way. I can get away with shirts tucked in at work without a belt and feel like I can get away without looking like I'm wearing jeans (especially the same ones day after day.) I actually love the plain fly buttons too, though perhaps I'm not that hard to impress. The rivets though...

[Guest Fade to Black]

yeah the hook on Dior top button position is a nice detail but useless for me i find...every time i try tucking my shirt in with a pair of diors it dont work as they sag low and my shirt tails end up coming out whenever i sit down (i've tried tightening the belt and wearin em higher but they don't feel as natural that way).

[cristeza]

^ i totally agree.

[adsurgo]

i had some weird locking thing on my prada jeans that i like better than the dior latch.

[jubei]

donut buttonz 4 life

[seraphim]

I always assumed it was because the waistband (and denim around the top button) took the most punishment/strain during daily wear&tear, so the top button needed to have a bit more to it, for support? Seemed oddly logical to me.

[snugglepony]

they're at home right now, but i'm 90% sure that the buttons on imperials are all the same size...