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More Brands. By Lauren Finney. Why are shirt buttons are on opposite sides for men and women? July 14, Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Finance Contributors. Jacob Shamsian. Good question! Well the next step is to develop sample shirts with the cotton fabrics we have chosen for our first collection.

We plan to test our first production samples with a range of women and gender nonconforming individuals at a fitting event towards the end of the year.

That way we can be sure to make shirts that fit a range of body types. And we plan to release our button-up shirts in sizes , so we can make it easier for our customers to find shirts that fit their body. Anyone interested in attending our fitting event or being a model for a future photo shoot, please send an e-mail to yourfriends kirrinfinch.

We look forward to hearing from you. This shirt will be for boating! Not the red carpet. And , of course, zippers facing the wrong way. I just want what the guys have for outdoor activities, but sized to fit me. Please note, comments must be approved before they are published. Andrea and Aidalix were married in October Another theory: horses. Women, to the extent women rode horses, rode sidesaddle, to the right—so putting their shirt and dress buttons on the left reduced, to some extent, the breeze that would flow into their shirts as they were trotting along.

Another theory: spite. One theory holds that manufacturers took advantage of little differences in clothing to emphasize bigger differences between the genders. For a corollary to that, we can thank, again, Napoleon. That hand-in-waistcoat pose? Women, apparently, used to mock the emperor by mimicking that pose. The most reasonable theory, though, has to do with the fact that, when clothing conventions were becoming standardized, many women did not dress themselves.

Wealthy women, in particular.