Download or read book Buttonhooks and Shoehorns written by Sue Brandon and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The everyday need for a buttonhook began in the early nineteenth century when it was used, as an accessory to masculine fashion, to fasten stiff leather button-boots. By the 1880s, lines of buttons had become fashionable on ladies' gloves, clothing and footwear. This book describes a variety of sizes, shapes and materials for fashion buttonhooks.