BUTTON TYPES

Button Summary & Classification

In clothing and fashion design, buttons are usually functional and decorative. A button is a disc, large or small, typically round, object usually attached to an article of clothing in order to secure an opening, or for ornamentation. To be functional,  buttons require the presence of buttonhole. Generally speaking, buttons have shanks or holes, called eyes, by means of which they are sewn to garments. Buttons may be manufactured from an extremely wide range of materials, including natural materials such as antler, bone, leather, bamboo, horn, shell, coconut, corozo and wood; or synthetics such as rubber,  polyester, ABS, celluloid, glass, metal, bakelite, acrylic, plastic and urea.

Some types of buttons:

                 metal button                             jean button                       coconut button

             polyester button                     wooden button                     rhinestone button

             bakelite button                         shell button                         plastic button