Button and Loop fasteners on Paenula Cloak

[Renatus]

I must admit I too favour button holes, hinted at by the way the fabric is depicted as pulling:

I think that the problem with that is that the edges of the garment meet without any overlap. This could be achieved by sewing a short length of leather thong parallel to edge of the cloth on one side through which the button passes. This would draw the edges together without overlapping. Also, there is no fastening at the point where the garment divides above the waist. This implies that it is partially sewn closed and that, once passed over the head, the gap is reduced by fastening the buttons at the top.