Buttons are called objects sewing accessories, whose task is to connect the two pieces of clothing, bags, shoes and other items. The first buttons were known in antiquity, but performed purely decorative function, and later they began to fasten using overhead loops. Welt loops were invented in the XIII century German masters.
According to tradition, a number of buttons on the menswear runs along the right half, on the female - on the left. In general, the buttons are divided into two types: with holes and on the legs. For their manufacturing a variety of materials: wood, plastic, metal, fabric.