They’re a common part of any modern day garment, buttons. They’re found on our shirts, our jackets, our pants and pockets, buttonfly jeans are a popular alternative to zipper pants. Buttons get in everywhere, and come in every imaginable shape and size, and counting your buttons can be both practical and fun. Just think how much more difficult your life would be if the button was never invented. What would you use to fasten your shirt closed? Count Your Buttons day is a great opportunity to make sure all your garments are in order, and to ruminate on the idea of a life without these useful tools. History of Count Your Buttons Day Buttons have been around nearly as long as we’ve had clothing, being used for decoration and securing different pieces of clothing. There is a beautiful history of buttons all throughout the world, from the earliest buttons as seashells straight through to the gorgeous Czech glass buttons with their ornate designs. It wasn’t until sometime in the 13th Century in Germany that buttonholes first made an appearance and it was almost immediately a sensation, with them being nearly ubiquitous by the 14th century. From that point forward buttons have been involved in every new clothing design that’s come up, and there has yet to be an era of clothing that hasn’t been graced by these wonderful notions.
I've just checked, all my shirts have their requisite number of buttons. Probably just as well as I'm hopeless at sewing them back on.
Without buttons we wouldn't have had the Pearlie kings and queens. Did you know they were founded by a chap called Henry Croft (1862-1930) who had grown up in an orphanage in London? He liked the decorations of buttons that the costermongers wore on their clothes and went a few steps further to the whole outfit. He then wore this outfit when collecting money for the orphanage. Hence the charitable organisation was formed. The Pearlie folk are families and the titles are passed down. I've just read lots about them that I never knew
If velcro had been invented before buttons, buttons would never have been invented. Imagine trying to eat chocolate velcro!
Don't worry about it. "Dead men don't fall out of windows" said the voice of experience @crossy2112 !!!
To quote Ricky Tomlinson from an episode of The Royle Family " The cage may be open but the beast is asleep "
