What are Novelty Buttons?
If anyone has spent any amount of time on fashion sites or watched fashion shows on network news, they may have noticed a tiny addition to the outfits. Buttons. And I don't mean the kind that button up a shirt or dress. I mean graphic funny colorful buttons that often match the clothing. Why buttons? They are fun. They are inexpensive, they they tell a powerful message. They help with self-expression.
If anyone has spent any amount of time on fashion sites or watched fashion shows on network news, they may have noticed a tiny addition to the outfits. Buttons. And I don’t mean the kind that button up a shirt or dress. I mean graphic funny colorful buttons that often match the clothing. Why buttons? They are fun. They are inexpensive, they they tell a powerful message. They help with self-expression.
As a child of Woodstock, we felt that expressing ourselves, our feelings, our needs, was the most important thing. We actually had that part right, we simply did not know how to reach that goal. We left it to psuedo-gurus like Timothy Leary.
I believe The Beatles and other British originals influenced us a great deal which led us to believe we were being original by growing our hair long or braided, and the gratuitous ragged peace sign tshirt was usually the main attire.
Of course we were original in some ways. We did learn to question authority, which, until that time, was considered almost a diety in our culture. And that was probably a good thing. It helped end a war we might have fared better to end much earlier. Again, we were finding our way and learning to express ourselves. We did it mainly with loud music, drugs, and dressing differently. I love going to the park with my dog, wearing a dog cartoon button and matching tshirt and cap. Never has someone not mentioned it, usually another dog lover and thanks to a silly button, I’ve made a new friend with similar interests.
Life has changed so dramatically from when I was young. We live in a world where it is very easy to lose one’s voice. We are constantly re-inventing ourselves. We can make that process easier, oddly enough, with a button. I have a collection of about forty and about 20 or so matching tshirts and caps. A lot of people tell me they get up in the morning just to see what my combination will be.
It is a rare social or business get-together when the question of “What’s your URL?” does not come up.
We are still all social animals, though, and have a need to interact beyond the computer screen.
I love the buttons and matching merchandise at RickLondonCollection.Com. I think it is that they contain hilarious cartoons by the owner Rick London and they mix and match very well. And, being theme-oriented, they make for great conversation pieces. I have bouth a lot of other items there as well from cartoon wall clocks to aprons. It is a very unique store.
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