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And on the subject of nice husbands who had a garment made for their wife: the bespoke pants I received as a gift from my husband has the flap covering the zipper placed so it is open on the left side, whereas I think most of my pants have it on the right side. Â I believe the tailor he used specializes on men's clothes. Â Is this a difference between men's and women's garments, like buttons ? Â If so, where does it stem from?Has anyone had experience with dressmakers in NYC? I am considering having a dress made as a gift for my wife, and am looking for any personal experiences. There are a few decent rundowns on-line, but any advice would be greatly appreciated. Now if only she'd get me a suit in return
What I had heard regarding button is that Ladies garments being more difficult to adorn were dressed by servants and consequently a right handed person was able to manipulate the button through the whole by using their more dextrous hand.
Googled this now... http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031205.html Friday December 5, 2003 Previous | Next Dear Yahoo.: Why do men and women's shirts button on different sides? Jani Richmond, Virginia Dear Jani: While we didn't manage to isolate a definitive answer for this question, we learned plenty about the tricky relationship between exigency and style. For example, this lengthy article on button conventions suggests that in the 19th century, well-heeled Victorian women generally didn't dress themselves, so their buttons were designed to be handled by right-handed servants. Although wealthy men may have had servants to lay out their clothes, they generally dressed themselves, and so the buttons on the right side of men's garments made more sense. A Yahoo. Search on "button history" also led us to Benjamin "Good Advice Is Timeless." Dover of the Dallas Morning News. Mr. Dover notes that the first button jackets for men were modeled after the latching designs of armor, which were designed to stop a right-handed opponent from jamming a pike through the seam. He also suggests that the left-side buttons on women's clothes may have been intended to facilitate nursing an infant on the side closest to the woman's heart. Jeff Elder of the Charlotte Observer (who has one of the greatest byline photos we've ever witnessed) suggests that men's coats were designed to make it easier for them to unbutton their coats with their left hand while drawing their swords with their right. In general, we gleaned that European men tended to take their plumage cues from the military, while women's clothing arose out of domestic concerns. For more facts about couture and where it came from, check out the Fashion History category in the Yahoo. Directory.
(FIHTies @ 06 Jan. 2005, 11:08) He also suggests that the left-side buttons on women's clothes may have been intended to facilitate nursing an infant on the side closest to the woman's heart.
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