Why do women's clothes always button from the left, while men's clothes always button from the right?
This matter seems to be historical.
It is worth mentioning that about 90 per cent of the world's population is right-handed. At the time that buttons first appeared they were located on the right side to make them easier for men to fasten. But still women were being dressed by the servant who would find it easier to fasten them from the left hand side.
Nowadays it would be very risky for manufactures to change the location of the buttons because women are used to having them on left side and a shirt with buttons on the opposite side might be valued less. Some ladies could even feel strange because a perceptive person could accuse them of wearing a men's shirt. That's why since the buttons appeared there have been no changes in their location.
hehe) i've also found that when women were allowed to ride horses they always according to the rules and etiquette rode them on the left side. And this caused woman's blouse to open in the wind! For this reason, buttons on women's clothes were on the opposite side.
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