Skirts and dresses, blouses and shirts are getting buttoned up!
Skirts and dresses, blouses and shirts are getting buttoned up! There’s a big focus on having lots of small, often fabric covered, buttons. This will be seen on both front and back parts of garments. One thing that I think will be a big hit is the classic pencil skirt, but buttoned all the way up and/or all the way down! This meens small tiny buttons, put closely together, and all of these buttons will of course make the garment adaptable if you feel like showing a bit of your legs or not (buttoning up or down…)
I don’t know if you’ve noticed the super large belts (almost like a corset but with no support for the bust, only for the waist) The belts are often put on top of bouses, dresses and tunique-like garmets, in order to put focus on the waist. Some of these “corset-belts” have bucles in metal, or laces, but I recently saw one with these small types of buttons instead. And what I’m trying to say is that the style of the belt is soon being transferred to the skirts, escpecially the pencils skirts! I try not to forget to look on the back of clothes, sometimes the back is far more beautiful than the front, thanks to these kinds of details. It’s very elegant to have alonger dress, or skirt (in a tailored style) with small small buttons going vertically all the way up to the neck!
Back to the pencil skirt, buttons or not, imagine it with a thin, sheer, “fluffy” blouse hanging out a bit but tucked inside of the skirt. Big generous sleeves, and maybe an oversized collar, worn with this little skirt, so thight and minimalistic. I think we’ll see this style soon…once again very feminine but covered up in fabric that doesn’t show much skin.
(Imagine this look with a pair of black thin pantyhose, you know the one with the black line vertically on the backside of the legs…) Concerning details on garments, it’s now all about buttons!
Tags: Fashion
Patricia Dec 5
Wide belts are a great option to add some zing to any outfit, if you have a small waist!
Kate Reardon Dec 5
I often weare a large belt over the cardigan to enhance those curves and create an edgier look…..
I love all of the buttons.
Janette Lries Dec 5
yep!. I love the thin pantyhose with the black line in the back, make the legs look so sexy and chic in the same time. I bought a pair of small boots with buttons and I am looking for a jacket with buttons, I have seen nice one in Zara.
Fabiola Dec 5
The new Givenchy style
Riccardo Tisci with a Middle Eastern influence will please the Arab culture. In countries like Saudi Arabia, these gowns would be displayed and enjoyed inside the privacy of a home without any prying eyes to ogle them. it look great, impossible to wear in my world but beautiful to look at.
vava Dec 5
Hello guys, My name is Vava I am new to this blog ( I love the look and image) and I live in London, I’m originally from Poland . I’ve been obsessed with fashion since an early age…nowadays my wardrobe is bursting with vintage finds at the markets, second hand bits from charity shops and a lot of buttons… I love Stina posts about fashion they are very refreshing and I love her style in design . Thanks
Connie Dec 5
Hello vava , you will enjoy this blog I am sure! I love the style and the pictures!
lesleyk Dec 5
vava from Poland ! lovely to meet you, I am from Russia and I love this blog!
Josephine Devizes Dec 6
Hi Stina, I love buttons too, especially that Jenson Button, what a hunk LOL. Seriously, buttons are incredibly beautiful as long as they stay on. I am always catching them on things and pulling them so that they are hanging off. When they are in a very contrasting colour, they are really cool.
Like you, I love those pantyhose with the line up the back.
What are the Paris Christmas decorations like ?
Jo
Jane Dec 6
I am with you Jo, Jenson Button is someone who gets my motor racing. Wouldn’ t mind unbuttoning him. LOL
Buttons are great as long as there aren’t to many of them.
Jane
Betty Dec 8
pencil skirt are very sexy and I can exactly imagine it with a thin, blouse hanging out a bit but tucked loosely inside of the skirt. Very nice, I love it
vicky leo Dec 8
I actually prefer the uncovered buttons. I know it’s an irrational prejudice, but the covered ones just strike me as very “prom night rental.”
robbby Dec 8
I dont thing they look prom night rental at all, they look haute couture.
zeriva Dec 8
Here you can find this article:
Fabric Buttons How-To – Making Fabric Covered Buttons With Your Own Button Maker
http://ezinearticles.com/?Fabric-Buttons-How-To—Making-Fabric-Covered-Buttons-With-Your-Own-Button-Maker&id=1889093
zeriva Dec 8
Buttons – History and Facts
By Alan Beggerow
When did buttons begin to be used? What was used to secure clothing before them? Some history and facts about the button:
Button-like objects have been found in the Indus Valley of ancient Pakistan and date back to around 2000 B.C.E. These were not used for fasteners, but for ornaments. Before they were used for fastening, pins, leather lacing and belts were used to secure clothing.
Before buttons could be used as fasteners, the button hole had to be devised. Evidence dates the first button and button hole closure systems to the 13th century in Germany. This may have been a solution to the problem of how to secure clothing that was becoming more and more form-fitting, without having to resort to sharp pins.
As with most anything that is new, they became a fad. Buttons and button holes covered the clothing of the well to do. The number of them and what they were made out of became a status symbol. It has been rumored that King Louis XIV of France spent over $5 million on them in his lifetime.
Ever wonder why men’s suit coats have non-functioning buttons sewn on the sleeves? Some say they are just for decoration, but there is also the story that King Frederick The Great of Prussia started the practice in the 18th century. The rumor goes that after an inspection of his troops, he ordered that buttons be sewn on the sleeves of their coats to discourage them from wiping their noses on them!
The Scovill Manufacturing Company in America made a set of gold buttons with the profile of George Washington on them that were presented to Marquis de Lafayette during his U.S. visit in 1824.With the increased cost of ivory in the 19th century, button manufacturers began to make them out of a nut from a specific kind of palm tree in South America. This is called vegetable ivory, or corozo. When the nut is dried, it is a very reasonable facsimile for genuine ivory, and is still used today.
The first buttons made from celluloid, one of the first types of plastics, were made in the 1860′s.
Before World War One, most button manufacturing was done in Europe, specifically England. After the war, the United States became the center of button making until modern times.
Alan Beggerow is a free lance writer. Visit his writing services website, Ghostwriter, at http://www.ghostwriterboo.blogspot.com