Mother-Of-Pearl Buttons in Designer Clothes

[perlas]

I've noticed some really nice MOP buttons in designer clothing. Makes me wonder from what mussels or oysters they came from. You'll never know they're MOP until you turn them around! Here are some of them....

Prada.....

[perlas]

Gaultier....
(The iridescent part of the shell was at the back and they used the 'rough' part as front of the buttons.)

[perlas]

agnes b...

[perlas]

d&g........

[perlas]

and my favorite button...

fendi...
(the buttons are iridescent brown. lots of rainbow colors. i don't see this type of shell in our area and i would love to make jewelry out of this type of shell!)

[perlas]

i just have to repeat the brown buttons. i would have made them into jewelry only if the brandname wasn't at the buttons.

[GemGeek]

How interesting. It's like you're a fashion detective!!! I like the rough one.

[lisa c]

Lovely! I'd flip the buttons on post 5, the d&g striped shirt. I love that streak of blue!

[Caitlin]

Hey! Thx 4 the thread bump! Lovely MoP in this thread!

[lisa c]

Me, too! Love the buttons in your box and I love the books you come up with, too.

No wonder this site flourishes, the threads spawn more delightful threads, even if technically it's hitch-hiking. No, I mean hijacking! hijacking the threads leads to wonderful stuff, like turning a corner on a path in a Surprise Garden!

Oops, not that I think this thread is hijacked. Just musing.

[Caitlin]

we're still on the subject in this thread!

I do believe Jeremy first found the Billy Button brochure following up on a very early post. Test my memory. Find the thread.

I love that Perlas put those pix up! I think eBay does a lively trade in MoP buttons. They are so classic and useful. I don't think wearing them a few more generations will hurt them at all. If anyone ever bothered to change buttons anymore.....

well grandma Old will just totter away.......

[mausketeer]

Hey cool! I just posted a thread last night asking if anyone on here collects mother of pearl items - I guess I got my answer!

Is there a way to tell old mother of pearl buttons from new ones (other than wear of the holes of course?) I've seen some really elaborated carved ones that I thought were old but then saw some more for sale in the EXACT same pattern so they were obviously new (on Etsy).