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[–] 58 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It's because gentry had servants button women into their clothes.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    As a woman myself I find it easier to button my husband's shirt than my daughter's. Because my hands know how to do my own, facing in the opposite direction on my body.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    think for a moment:

    the gentry that had servants - a tiny sliver of the overall population - dictated clothing design for the overwhelming majority of NON gentry - does that seem... plausible?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yeah, it does. Pretty sure buttons were less common pre-industrialization, limited mostly to more elaborate, fancy clothes. By the time adding buttons was cheap enough for the bulk of the population, design principles were already established.

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