Buttons

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Take a look at the Buddy Lee advertising doll I have brought with me... what is today´s lesson about?

Why do you need to know about buttons when designing clothes?

Les Doelen

• By the end of this lesson you can use English to describe some of the different materials used for buttons and  understand why fastenings are an important detail in design. 

Materials used for buttons

Zampa di gallina is a type of button stitch, what is this called in English?

1. Zebra stripe stitch
2. Houndstooth stitch
3. Chicken´s foot stitch
4. Elephant trunk stitch

Metallic buttons are commonly used on what peice of clothing?

1. Trousers
2. Blazers
3. Trenchcoats
4. Varsity jackets

Horn buttons are usually made from the horns and hooves of which animals?

1. Cows
2. Rhinos
3. Horses
4. Water Buffalos

Corozo buttons are made from the corozo nut which grows on the tagua tree, where do these trees grow?

1. South America
2. South East Asia
3. North America
4. Europe

Brass or Metal buttons

Corozo Buttons

Leather Buttons

Horn Buttons

Mother of Pearl buttons are made from what material?

1. Shell
2. Bone
3. Glass
4. Plastic

Pearly Kings & Queens

* Suits covered in Mother of Pearl buttons

* Raise money for charity

* 125 year old tradition

* A hereditary title (like royalty)

* Cockney rhyming slang

In Cockney rhyming slang
what does ´china plate´ mean?

1. Face
2. Great
3. Mate
4. Wait

Other button materials:

• Enamel / Emaille
• Wood 
• Glass 
• Plastic
• Ivory (replaced by corozo)
• Fabric covered
• Amber
• Semi-precious and precious stones
• Millefiori

* Swiss engineer invented the Velcro fastening, patented in 1951.

*Velcro is an abbreviation of the french words VElours and CROchet

* Zip fastener patented in 1839

TASK

What: In pairs, stand back to back. Take it in turns to describe the buttons on your card in English without using the name. The other person has to guess from your description what type of buttons you have.

Help: Google & the notes you´ve made on buttons

Time: 5 min

Result: Cross off the buttons that were guessed right

Finished?  Try to research and find a fun fact or meme about buttons

www.jessicabuttons.co.uk

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