Editing Button (section)

===Renaissance===
The fitted fashions of the [[Renaissance]] required buttons to achieve their shape. For example, the tight-fitting jacket known as the [[Doublet (clothing)|doublet]] required rows of many buttons. An additional opportunity to use buttons came with the incorporatinon of detachable sleeves into garments. This  practice had been in use in Florence since the 1200s. Sleeves could be switched out to be washed or to be replaced by fancier sleeves demanded by particular settings.<ref name=":1" /> Women's fashion that this time still used lacings, and thus buttons on their clothing were generally decorative.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=9}}

Buttons were also impacted by the elegant culture of the Renaissance courts. They were no longer seen as simply utilitarian objects, but rather as luxury items that could reflect wealth and status. These buttons, some of which were made of precious metal encrusted with jewels, be seen as jewelry.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buzzaccarini |first=Vittoria de |title=Buttons & Sundries |last2=Minici |first2=Isabellla Zotti |publisher=Zanfi |year=1990 |isbn=0896762017 |location=Italy |language=en}}</ref>{{RP|page=14}}  Because their owners might want to move these valuable buttons from one piece of clothing to another, they often were not sewn on with thread. Rather, their shanks were pushed through the fabric and were held in place with metal strips inserted through the shank.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Whittemore |first=Joyce |title=The Book of Buttons |publisher=DK |year=1992 |isbn=1564580288 |location=New York |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=8}} At the time, wood, bone, brass and pewter made it possible for less expensive buttons to be produced.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=8}}