A Study On Chinese Decorative Button And It’s Relationship With Chinese Traditional Clothing

The Chinese decorative button can be divided into straight button and coiled flower button,and present itself at latest in Tang dynasty,go through the slow development at Song Yuan andMing Dynasty，turn into the most universal opening closure member,in the period of Republic ofChina the coiled flower button enter into the splendid period,and it’s shape designing extremelyrich.The using of Chinese decorative button is very far-ranging,and it’s details are veryplentiful,it is free finery art with no limitation。The Chinese decorative button exist based on traditional clothing and tradit ional clothingexist based on people.The Chinese decorative button on a clothing often has closely relationshipwith the clothing itself,as usually,the color of the Chinese decorative button has harmoniousrelationship with the clothing color,the shape designing of the Chinese decorative button hassuited relationship with the pattern of garment material,and the technics and materials of thedecorative button has closely relationship with the dents of clothing. Variety of shape designingChinese decorative button appear in one clothing can make that clothing more plentiful anddivertive,at the same time,the impact of the Chinese decorative button reference to theluxuriance degree of the garment.The Chinese decorative button which based on traditional clothing is a carrier which can reflectthe individuality of the people who wear the clothing,different people has differentrequirement.The same shape designing will present different implications when use differentmaterial,sew on different clothing,and wearing bydifferent people.That’s the very subtle relationbetween the Chinese decorative button,traditional clothing and the people.