Button Knowledge

Are you a passionate button collector or do you by chance possess a button you suspect is worth a lot? SBS Zipper is here to show you different methods to identify various buttons that are considered antique. With the knowledge you obtain from this article, you will be able to better assess the true worth of your buttons or improve the organization of your button collection.

Introduction When you secure your winter coat before stepping outside, chances are you don’t give much thought to the accessory buttons that keep out the cold. Buttons actually have a long history, finding their roots back in prehistoric times. Throughout history many different materials were used to create buttons, it wasn’t until the 1930s that plastic buttons became widely available. It may bring the question to mind that how to manufacture such little thing.

Mysteries, or facts, or life When going through life, we come across many small-time mysteries that rouse our curiosity and arouse our intellect but that we have accepted as “facts of life”: why do we say “ding dong” or “ping pong”, but never “dong ding”? Why do men’s and women’s clothing have the buttons on different sides?

Generally speaking, a sewing button is usually a round and small disc which is used to fix to pieces of fabrics closed or overlapped. The same as zippers, buttons also belong to fasteners combining functionality and decoration.

Snap buttons are found on many different types of clothing including pants, shorts, blouses, or jackets. They make buttoning your clothes super easy because all you have to do is snap the two sides of the button together.

Are you a patches fan? If so, you have perfect timing since embroidered patches are back in style. For all sorts of uniforms – rescue teams, sports teams, club members, and others, patched are a regular thing.