Comments on: Tender Buttons…

By: sister

sister — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:10:52 +0000

It was your mother’s favorite store. A block from Bloomingdale’s made it even better.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:47 +0000

Button Button in Vancouver also sells only buttons/fasteners. I think it’s in the Gaslight district? Although I’ve actually never been; I planned on going while on vacation, but I got stuck in the suburbs.

By: rita

rita — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:40:50 +0000

good to know that such business in the States are still running and going strong. kudos to them!

By: Footloose

Footloose — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:29:32 +0000

The husband noticed a few missing buttons on his business shirts that his wife who laundered and ironed them seemed so completely oblivious about. He wanted desperately for her to notice the missing buttons and replace them so he hatched a plan to locate a few fairly large buttons and tentatively sewed them on just to catch her attention. And notice she did; she made the buttonholes larger.

When I was having polo-barongs made, I specified mother of pearl buttons but tailors back there invariably insisted on using pearly plastic buttons. I finally tired of butting heads with the tailors so I just supplied them the buttons that I like from my collection of extras that came with fine shirts you get here.

By: EJ

EJ — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:32:40 +0000

There’s a fascinating shop here in Amsterdam selling buttons, too. It used to sell only buttons but now also sells other stuff. Certainly worth a look the next time you visit Amsterdam.

https://www.knopenwinkel.net/morebuttonsuk.html

P.S. Am not connected with this store or its owner.

By: robin

robin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:27:21 +0000

re ur poll, perhaps now is a good time to watch downton abbey, he he

By: Biy

Biy — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:47:08 +0000

I hope theyll use buttons if ever we ran out of coins…

By: millet

millet — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:51:36 +0000

so hard to find good buttons here in davao, all i see are the plastic, made-in-china kind. i once had a coat with those rolled-up leather strips (toggles, i think they’re called) with matching leather loops.

By: atbnorway

atbnorway — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:34:39 +0000

I am actually thinking MUTTON right now, LOLZ! I am readying more than a kilo of salted lamb ribs for cooking this evening. But I do love updating old coats and jackets by changing their buttons so I always take a tour to the haberdasher. Many haberdasheries all over Norway have the same name—Syskrinet— The Sewing Box.

By: Guits

Guits — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:07:30 +0000

Had I just seen the picture and not read the text, I would have thought those were chocolates and marzipan!