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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
it used to be that mens and womens shirts buttoned/snapped opposite, who knows why.
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The 'story' is (and who really knows if it's true) that women rich enough to have clothes that buttoned were rich enough to have maids that dressed them. To close a button most people use their right hands, so to allow the maids to do the work, they reversed the sides. The men dressed themselves. I'm left-handed but always close buttons with my right hand... go figure!
Stitchawl