04/01/2024
When buttons first appeared in the seventeenth century; they were seen only on garments of the wealthy. ๐At that time for women dressed by servants. ๐โโ๏ธHaving womenโs shirts button from the left thus made things easier for the mostly right-handed servants who dressed them. And for men it was the custom for dress themselves. ๐โโ๏ธHaving menโs shirts button from the right made sense not just because most men dressed themselves, but also because a sword drawn from the left hip with the right hand would be less likely to become caught in the shirt.
