Yesterday I embarked on a project I’ve been meaning to get to for some time now - I took a blazer that fits me well, but seemed a bit bland style-wise, and gave it some edge by replacing its buttons with woven leather ones that I picked up at the local fabric store for $2.75. The new buttons give the blazer a completely different look - more unique and more, well, me.
Buttons are a little accesory that pack a lot of aesthetic power - you can transform a standard jacket or coat into a military style with rounded gold or knitted buttons, or add some ethnic flair to a blazer with buttons made of shell or horn… or even wooden toggles for a coat. All for a few dollars and half-an-hour of your time.
Just make sure they fit the button holes for the item you will sew them onto (take it along to the fabric store with you) and that you sew them on securely, in the same place where you removed the previous buttons from.
Check out As Cute as a Button for a variety of button styles (included those featured here).
-Ali