Another daft question is why do men button-up left over right, and women button up right over left? I was told that the reason goes back to the days before buttons, when people wore cloaks which they wrapped around themselves. A righthanded man would wrap his cloak left over right, so that he could draw his sword (which he would wear at his left hip) without getting it fouled in his cloak. A righthanded woman would carry her baby in her right arm, nursing it on her right breast, and wrap her cloak right over left to protect it. I don't know if either of these is true, but they do have a logic to them.
Hmmm, I am unconvinced by this argument. Very few women were sufficiently wealthy to have someone Avondjurken else to dress them. And conversely, men of the same class Cocktailjurken 2013 had valets. I will concede that it is likely that more women had maids than men had valets. Besides which I push buttons with my left hand and tug thm through with my right. (I have just been sitting here trying it out!) I'd be curious to know when buttons were invented. Mind you if buttons were expensive, then they would tend to be used more by women who could afford maids. My original suggestion was trounced by Mina, but if you hold your baby in your Sexy Cocktailjurken left arm, and want your right free to feed your two year old, maybe you would wrap your cloak or shawl around you right over left.?
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