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Coles History of Buttons: Tiny Fasteners, Strange Fashions, And The Little Things That Refused To Stay Put at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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History of Buttons explores the surprisingly complicated story hiding behind one of the smallest objects in everyday life.
Buttons seem ordinary—until you start asking why they exist, who first used them, why some became miniature works of art, and how a tiny fastener became connected to fashion, wealth, military power, craftsmanship, and industrialization.
From ancient button-like objects and early clothing traditions to elaborate European fashions, military uniforms, skilled button makers, and the rise of mass production, this book follows the button through centuries of human ingenuity. Along the way, it examines the materials people turned into buttons, the social meanings attached to them, and the strange fashions that made these little objects impossible to ignore.
The button is more than something you push through a hole.
It is a tiny record of changing technology, changing taste, and changing society—a piece of everyday history that spent centuries quietly holding everything together.
History of Buttons explores the surprisingly complicated story hiding behind one of the smallest objects in everyday life.
Buttons seem ordinary—until you start asking why they exist, who first used them, why some became miniature works of art, and how a tiny fastener became connected to fashion, wealth, military power, craftsmanship, and industrialization.
From ancient button-like objects and early clothing traditions to elaborate European fashions, military uniforms, skilled button makers, and the rise of mass production, this book follows the button through centuries of human ingenuity. Along the way, it examines the materials people turned into buttons, the social meanings attached to them, and the strange fashions that made these little objects impossible to ignore.
The button is more than something you push through a hole.
It is a tiny record of changing technology, changing taste, and changing society—a piece of everyday history that spent centuries quietly holding everything together.
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