Top quality shirts always feature single-needle stitching. Single-needle seams can look very clean, neat and accurate. Moreover, they’re strong and durable, but the use of this technique increases production costs. It’s very easy to recognise single-needle side seams: you’ll see Continue reading Single-needle stitching and double-needle stitching→

Buttons can be sewn with a thread shank or without it. If buttons are sewn with a thread shank, the garment will be easier to button, there will be no wrinkles around buttons (when the garment is buttoned), and buttons Continue reading Button shank→

Mother-of-pearl (MOP) buttons are carved from oyster shells (Pinctada shells). They have a nice iridescent luster, so at certain angles you can notice a rainbow. However, some brands use the term ‘mother-of-pearl’ (‘MOP’) for troca (conch / Trochus shells), and Continue reading Mother-of-pearl buttons→