The change from winter to spring/summer involves shifting some clothes between my basement storage and wardrobe(s) in the flat. I started taking down some of my wintriest coats and boots last week, and continued with bringing up some summer clothes today (when I had laundry day, involving repeated trips up and down between my flat and the basement anyway).
This one-button jacket seemed to have shrunk somewhat over winter (hm) but I decided to give it another chance by applying this “button trick”. All you need is a spare button of the same kind + a piece of string or something (I used a thin black leather strap, more or less invisible against the pattern). Put the string through the button, adjust the loop to the size you need, and tie a knot at the other end. Then just put the extra button through the button hole in the jacket, and the loop around the original button – and there you are. It keeps the jacket more comfortably together, and the “cheating” is not too obvious unless you take a very close look…
thanks for this, a super duper idea to add a little size. this could work on jeans if we were wearing the top out over them
ReplyDeleteI guess it could, yes. My jeans buttons aren't of the kind with holes in them, though. But if it's not going to show, it doesn't really matter if you use a different button, as long as it's the right size.
DeleteIt's also possible, by the way, put the extra button through the button hole the other way round. I tried that with another tight jacket which has more than one button. Still only needed one "hidden" button to keep it together - leaving the other buttons unbuttoned. One great thing about this "trick" is that it does not involve any actual change to the jacket itself.
Gosh. It's a very long time since I saw that trick in action.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not really meant to be seen, is it... ;)
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