Functional buttons (as opposed to decorative buttons) are normally paired with a buttonhole.
They were simple, decorative, silver buttons with a tiny speaker hole in the center, a pin on the back, and a tiny button on the side.
The kontusz was a long robe, usually reaching to below the knees, with a set of decorative buttons down the front.
Some dancers opted for the short military jacket with epaulettes and decorative buttons and braiding.
It had six metal buttons at the front, and two decorative buttons at the back.
He theorizes that the first use of metal, in the fourth millennium B.C., was for decorative buttons.
Zang Toi's clothes are subtly offbeat, with bare midriffs, shorts and decorative buttons among his recurring themes.
There are still the Kahng notes like decorative buttons, but the designer has lightened her touch.
In sudden inspiration, Glyneth pointed to a line of what seemed decorative buttons running along the length of Visbhume's sleeves.
Pearls, buckles and decorative buttons became popular among men and women of all social classes.