Button's History

Today, I'll tell you the history of the buttons.

Over 3,000 years ago, during the Bronze Age,

human made the first button.

At that time, the dandies of the day wore buttons fashioned from bone, horn, wood, metal or even seashells.

By the middle of the 1300s buttons were big business and people loved them.

From the 19th Century buttons were mass-produced. The most popular button of the 19th Century was the black glass button. By the turn of the 20th Century, picture and novelty buttons were very much the fashion. Today buttons, like clothing, come in all shapes and sizes. The future of the button seems secure despite the popularity of velcro, poppers and zips. I think buttons remain forever.