girl or guy's shirts? The reasons why.

[Mandy]

Dina wrote:
I've learned *one way* of telling if a shirt is guy or gal's is by 
the buttons, if the shirt is button down.
Gal's have buttons on our left while guy's shirts have buttons on 
their  right.  I think it had to do with an old tradition of women 
helping men button their shirts.

Lee wrote:
I think it wasn't women helping, per se, but a man's 
servant/valet/etc. Perhaps if he's lucky his wife would help him, 
but, I believe it had more to do with a servant.


Mandy here:
This is what I was learned, and it has to do with weapons and babies:

Men's shirts button left side over right side because of their 
weapon hand.  Most men being right handed, would keep that right 
hand warm and ready to fight by sliding it inside their 
shirt/jacket.  Just like Napoleon.

Women's shirts/blouses button right side over left side because of 
breast feeding.  Most women a right handed and hold the baby in the 
left hand to keep their right hand free to do other things.  It is 
easier to use the right hand to unbutton the right side of the 
shirt, open it, close it, re-button it and tuck it back in when you 
only have one hand.  Or so I'm told.  And of course neither of these 
consider lefties.

Cheers Mandy