Common Sense Of Button Development

Buttons seem to be very simple and are accessories to clothes. But before the invention of buttons in the 13th century, people's clothes were all fastened with belts or coils. At that time, buttons were just beginning to be used. Western nobles used gold, silver, copper, ivory, and even gems to make buttons. Ordinary people used cloth to wrap buttons. It can be seen that the decorative function is also very important. Let's talk about the development of buttons.

An ordinary dress with unique buttons can show elegant or noble taste in plain. Buttons also have the function of viewing and collecting.

From the 13th to the 16th century, people began to use cheap materials, such as bone, wood and brass. Military uniforms were made of copper, iron and tin, and the nobles still made buttons of rare and precious metals.

Cloth bag buttons and embroidery buttons became popular in the 17th century.

At the beginning of the industrial revolution in the 18th century, metal buttons became popular due to large-scale mechanized production.

In the middle of the 19th century, women's fashion also began to use buttons. Japanese porcelain buttons are popular in Europe and America.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the synthetic material bakelite / Celluloid was used. In the 1950s, new plastic materials were invented.

During the Second World War, there was a lack of materials. Because the cloth buttons were practical and the metal buttons were noble, they became popular again