Originally Posted by Greeny (Post 1046781) Does anyone know why mens buttons are on the right side and ladies buttons on the left ? I am so curious , there must be a reason but what is it?

Originally Posted by Greeny (Post 1046786) Thats a good enough reason though Less. Thanks for that.

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1046787) No problem except if I'm correct, isn't it frightening that I can keep hold of such useless information from years ago, yet forget why I went into the kitchen and stare blankly at the light in the fridge desperately trying to remember what I was there for? Usually it's a brew, well actually it could be anything, but I settle for a brew. :D

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1046787) No problem except if I'm correct, isn't it frightening that I can keep hold of such useless information from years ago, yet forget why I went into the kitchen and stare blankly at the light in the fridge desperately trying to remember what I was there for? Usually it's a brew, well actually it could be anything, but I settle for a brew. :D

Hundreds of years ago, women were dressed by their slave/servant/handmaiden/lady-in-waiting. Men usually dressed themselves.
And because most people are right-handed, it's easier to button a garment if the button is on the right.



The placement of men's and women's shirt buttons, left or right goes back to where the buttons were originally placed on the garment, front or back. Men's clothing always buttoned in the front and the buttons were set up to give a right handed man the easiest way to button his shirt. Women's buttons were originally placed in the back. They therefore had to have someone button their buttons for them. In order to make it easier for the person buttoning up the woman, the buttons had to be placed on the left instead of the right. By the time women's buttons were place in the front of the garment, women's clothing makers were already accustomed to placing the buttons on the left hand side

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1046814) Two other answers from the internet: Hundreds of years ago, women were dressed by their slave/servant/handmaiden/lady-in-waiting. Men usually dressed themselves. And because most people are right-handed, it's easier to button a garment if the button is on the right. The placement of men's and women's shirt buttons, left or right goes back to where the buttons were originally placed on the garment, front or back. Men's clothing always buttoned in the front and the buttons were set up to give a right handed man the easiest way to button his shirt. Women's buttons were originally placed in the back. They therefore had to have someone button their buttons for them. In order to make it easier for the person buttoning up the woman, the buttons had to be placed on the left instead of the right. By the time women's buttons were place in the front of the garment, women's clothing makers were already accustomed to placing the buttons on the left hand side

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1046836) Ok ... why do some bras fasten at the front, and some at the back?

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1046836) And that't it? Nothing funny or quirky?:sleep: Ok ... why do some bras fasten at the front, and some at the back? And why isn't there some standardiation? And why aren't there buttons on bras?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1046843) Mine doesn't fasten at all. I don't wear one, just a vest. Is that funny or quirky enough for you or too much information perhaps?

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1046845) Definitely not funny, and not even close to quirky. And there's no such thing as too much info. I'm on a mission to fill my brain before I buy the farm.;) But, a vest? On which side are the buttons?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1046847) It's a vest, not a Liberty bodice, it doesn't have buttons.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1046848) Now I get it! "Vest" as in UK-speak. Forgive me; I've been away for a while;) Come to think of it, I used to wear the ones made out of string.

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1046842) To confuse pimply teenage lads in the throes of exploratory fumblings. ;)

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1046852) I find the idea of a man in a string vest very off putting - can't quite say why... String underpants even worse - and I have seen those on a man in my time.

Originally Posted by sugarmouse0707 (Post 1046855) What the actual :eek: are string underpants?!?!?

Originally Posted by sugarmouse0707 (Post 1046904) What a great contraception method!

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1046839) I always felt as a lad that ladies buttoning on the left was another example of lack of consideration for left handed men. Looks like I was right!

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1046852) Ha ha I love the idea of wearing a waistcoat (vest to you) instead of a bra under my outer garments. Must try it sometime. I find the idea of a man in a string vest very off putting - can't quite say why... String underpants even worse - and I have seen those on a man in my time.

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates (Post 1046926) Don't remember having too many problems - in fact can't remember any at all;):D