Brief History Of Button: The Art Of Plastics In Fashion

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History of Buttons Button, a small fastener, usually made of plastic and sometimes seashell, is used to fasten two pieces of fabrics in modern clothing and fashion design. button artwork 02 Button was, first discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization (circa 2800-2600 BC) and during Bronze Age in China (circa 2000-1,500 BC) and Ancient Rome used it as ornaments or seals rather than fasteners. Functional buttons and buttonholes for fastening clothes first appeared, in Germany during the 13th century and soon became in style with the rise of snug-fitting garments in the 13th and 14th century Europe. Buttons are probably the most important and popular closures used on fashion garments. They are simple, easy to use and cheaper attachments than zipper closure. Most buttons are round with two or four holes in the center and are attached to the garment. Paired with a buttonhole they form a closure. Buttons may …show more content…

Internationally, ligne is used to recognize button size. Ligne is a liner unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons. Buttons are made from three group’s materials: (1) Plastic (2) Metals (3) Other natural materials such as stone, chalk, Shell, leather, cocoanut, wood etc. Plastic buttons: Plastic buttons are cheaper than other button items. The demand of plastic buttons has been increased day by day after the first industrial revolution when mass people became more conscious about fashion. Plastic buttons are made from polyester, nylon, melamine, urea etc. Polyester, urea and melamine are thermos set plastics while nylon is thermoplastic. The first group once formed cannot be remolded for reprocessing. So during laundering or garment processing they do not get damaged. Garment and buttons are not dyed in the same dye-bath to match color. It is an important requirement that buttons must tolerate garment dyeing and finishing without taking the dye

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