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People are only just realizing why shirt buttons are on different sides for men and women
SOME of us may have never realized that shirts button on different sides depending on who’s meant to wear them, let alone why.
Gabrielle Jones is a vintage clothing connoisseur and has shared some surprising reasons for exactly why women’s and men’s clothing are different from each other.
Gabrielle Jones explained why men’s and women’s shirts button up differentlyInstagram / gabis_vintage
Zors, an online shopping platform, reshared an Instagram Reel from Gabrielle explaining the interesting matter.
“Did you know that men’s and women’s shirts button on opposite sides?” Gabrielle first asked as she quickly showed examples of her wearing both types of styles.
First, she discussed women’s shirts as she demonstrated herself buttoning up a pink blouse.
“This is because when buttons were invented in the 13th century, only wealthy women could afford them,” she said.
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Explaining that these women didn’t dress themselves, she added: “It was easier for their right-handed servants to button their mistresses from the left side.”
After sharing this upper class-based reasoning, Gabrielle explained why men’s shirts are then on the opposite side.
As she buttoned a white men’s dress shirt, she yelled: “Men, on the other hand, traditionally button on the right so that they have easier access to weapons.”
She acknowledged that this was true for shirts and coats.
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Gabrielle explained that the button placement and openings allowed men to “quickly reach into their jacket with their right hand,” for guns, especially if they were in the military.
“So I have just one question, why is this still common?” she asked as she showed herself wearing both men’s and women’s shirts and jackets.
“I always assumed [it was] because women were smart enough to button their shirts ‘backwards’,” one person commented.
Others questioned why clothes are still constructed like this today.
“Why do we even gender [clothes] anyway? Excellent point!” someone wrote.
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One woman joked: “Yes! Why?!? I want to reach my weapons easier :)))”
But a left-handed woman pleaded: “Keep it common. It’s about the only thing this lefty gal has that’s for me.”
Gabrielle showed how to button a women’s shirtInstagram / gabis_vintage
She also demonstrated how to fasten a men’s shirtInstagram / gabis_vintage
Gabrielle’s big question is why clothes are still made this wayInstagram / gabis_vintage
SOME of us may have never realized that shirts button on different sides depending on who’s meant to wear them, let alone why.
Gabrielle Jones is a vintage clothing connoisseur and has shared some surprising reasons for exactly why women’s and men’s clothing are different from each other.
Gabrielle Jones explained why men’s and women’s shirts button up differentlyInstagram / gabis_vintage
Zors, an online shopping platform, reshared an Instagram Reel from Gabrielle explaining the interesting matter.
“Did you know that men’s and women’s shirts button on opposite sides?” Gabrielle first asked as she quickly showed examples of her wearing both types of styles.
First, she discussed women’s shirts as she demonstrated herself buttoning up a pink blouse.
“This is because when buttons were invented in the 13th century, only wealthy women could afford them,” she said.
Read more on revelations
Explaining that these women didn’t dress themselves, she added: “It was easier for their right-handed servants to button their mistresses from the left side.”
After sharing this upper class-based reasoning, Gabrielle explained why men’s shirts are then on the opposite side.
As she buttoned a white men’s dress shirt, she yelled: “Men, on the other hand, traditionally button on the right so that they have easier access to weapons.”
She acknowledged that this was true for shirts and coats.
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Gabrielle explained that the button placement and openings allowed men to “quickly reach into their jacket with their right hand,” for guns, especially if they were in the military.
“So I have just one question, why is this still common?” she asked as she showed herself wearing both men’s and women’s shirts and jackets.
“I always assumed [it was] because women were smart enough to button their shirts ‘backwards’,” one person commented.
Others questioned why clothes are still constructed like this today.
“Why do we even gender [clothes] anyway? Excellent point!” someone wrote.
Read More on The US Sun
One woman joked: “Yes! Why?!? I want to reach my weapons easier :)))”
But a left-handed woman pleaded: “Keep it common. It’s about the only thing this lefty gal has that’s for me.”
Gabrielle showed how to button a women’s shirtInstagram / gabis_vintage
She also demonstrated how to fasten a men’s shirtInstagram / gabis_vintage
Gabrielle’s big question is why clothes are still made this wayInstagram / gabis_vintageFashion – latest style news and Fabulous trends | The Sun
