Left over right: an investigation into semiotic of male buttoning
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https://doi.org/10.26563/dobras.v5i12.116Keywords:
fashion, buttoning, button, coat, male attire.Abstract
The vagaries of fashion notwithstanding, the pattern of clothes buttoning has been basically the same for over two centuries by now: left over right for male garments, and right over left for female garments. This rule holds equally for coats, overcoats, frock coats, vests etc. The present article seeks to understand, on the one hand, how this rule came into being, and on the other hand, to analyze how the symbolism behind this rule may have contributed for the endurance of the left over right way of buttoning.
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