All About Button? What are the Button Types?
What is Button?
It is a three-dimensional material that is attached to the product for the purpose of bringing two or more layers together, for closure and decoration, and is passed through a buttonhole-hole for fastening-locking operation. Buttons are used functionally on women's and men's clothes, on the front of jackets, coats, sleeve cuffs, shirts and blouses, and on the sleeves of jackets and coats to capture different styles and styles.
Button Types
Although buttons are diversified and named according to the raw material they are produced in the market, the correct thing is to diversify according to the diversification functionality. Button types include:
- Button with Holes: Buttons with two, four or more sewing holes. Fastening is done by passing it through a buttonhole (hole).
- Shank Button: It is a type of button with a foot-shaped projection at the bottom for sewing to the product. Closing takes place by passing the button sewn to the lower part through the buttonhole (hole). For example Blazer jacket buttons, coat and coat buttons, blouse buttons, cufflinks and the like.
- Snap fasteners: These are the buttons that are mounted by nailing with a nail and another piece to attach to the product. For example
- Jeans Buttons
- Snap Buttons
- Rivets
- Troks
- Ornamental Troks and the like
- Lock Buttons: This type of button is a type of button that has the functionality of attaching two parts to each other with a lock system. Examples are often outerwear, leather wear, bags, etc.
- Snap Buttons: This type of button is used for closing and fastening by using a lace or thread instead of a buttonhole. For example, shepherd buttons, stick buttons.
Button Types According to the Material They Are Produced
Buttons vary according to the raw material from which they are produced. Their names are given for convenience and to distinguish them according to the substances from which they are produced. The most commonly used button models:
- Acrylic Buttons
- Polyester Button: Polyester buttons are produced in two ways as sheet and rod casting. In terms of paint, the production method is important. Shelf color transitions are obtained by combining different colors in rod castings. This method is now applied to flat buttons as well. Plate casting is mostly preferred in plain colors. With these methods, patterns can be created on these buttons without mixing different color tones.
- Plastic Buttons
- Horozo Buttons : Korozo is the core of a kind of palm tree that grows in rainforests. It is used as a button after certain operations.
- Kokonat Button: Kokonat, which is a coconut shell, is made into a button by preserving its natural appearance in the processes. Its organic nature is the most ideal product for nature.
- Metallized Button
- Pearl Button: TROCAS, MOP, AGOYA, RIVER etc. collected in accordance with the ÇKS. Mother-of-pearl buttons of different thicknesses and sizes are produced from shells of various types of seashells.
- Zamak Button
- Brass Button
- Horn Button: The horn buttons, which fall under the natural button group, are obtained from real buffalo horns. Buffalo is an animal that is raised on farms for meat, so it is out of the question to be killed for its horns.
- The most distinctive feature of the horn button is that it takes on a yellowish color when burned, and it achieves a natural appearance. This feature also allows the name, brand or logo to be written on the button with the laser method.
- Bone Button: It is produced from buffalo and cow bones. In this way, other elements of animals produced for meat are also benefited.
- Wooden Button : It is generally produced from certain wood species. It is produced in natural colors and laser-patterned in different models and lengths.
This list goes on and on, depending on the raw material from which they are produced.
Button Types According to Their Shapes
Buttons are difficult to diversify into their shapes. Every designer can use different shapes and sizes of buttons to create their own style and style. In general, according to the shapes of the buttons
- Circle Buttons
- Angular Buttons
- Oval Buttons
- Spherical Buttons
- Rod Buttons
- Dished Buttons
- Original Shape Buttons
Even though we have created a list like this, we can extend this list even further.
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