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Why are the buttons of women's clothes mostly on the left?

? Have you noticed that most men's buttons are installed on the right, while women's buttons are installed on the left? However, most people in the world are right-handed, and it is much easier to button with the right hand than with the left. Why is the button of women's clothes installed on the left?

In fact, this has something to do with history. In the past, buttons were not really buttons, but decorations nailed to clothes by men. In the 17th century, it was found that buttons could be buckled with holes in clothes, so that open clothes could be closed, which played a role in keeping warm and keeping out the cold. Therefore, buttons were really buttons in the real sense. It is understood that at that time, only rich people would nail buttons on their coats. At that time, ladies and gentlemen were dressed by servants. In order to facilitate the opposite servants to buckle their clothes, the ready-to-wear chamber of commerce at that time nailed buttons on the left side of their clothes. In this way, most right-handed servants can hold the button with their right hand and stuff the button on the left into the hole on the right.

The buttons of men's shirts are on the right, not only because most men wear their own clothes, but also because men at that time were usually equipped with swords, and the right hand holding the sword often froze, so the left hand can button the buttons instead of the right hand. In addition, men at that time often encountered the danger of fighting or fighting, so in order to be able to easily take out hidden weapons hidden in his clothes, the tailor made every effort to nail the buttons on men's clothes to the right for convenience. Therefore, the nailing method of button women left and men right has become a tradition, which has continued from the Middle Ages to the present. ?