/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10055990

There's a thing called a thread shank for buttons. The button is sewn loosely to prevent too much tension on the fabric underneath (so the button doesn't tear right off from the tension).

Here you can even see they're using a matchstick so that when it's removed, the button will actually be loose.

Not sure if that's what you mean. I know someone else said some of IW's decorative buttons are sewn on really lazily because they don't do anything, so they don't bother sewing them on properly.