HISTORY
Buttons have long held a place in jewellery — as keepsakes, curiosities, and quiet declarations of style. In Victorian times, they were often incorporated into sentimental lockets and mourning pieces, while in the early 20th century, fashion houses began using ornate buttons as statement brooches or pendants. Their circular shape, tactile presence, and inherent intimacy made them natural carriers of meaning — small objects designed to be both functional and decorative, easily overlooked but rarely without purpose.

CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
The 1960s marked a shift in button design — away from pure utility and toward playful experimentation. In Paris, ateliers like Ultramod offered buttons in marbled resin, lacquered finishes, and sculptural silhouettes that echoed the mood of the decade: bold, expressive, modern. These buttons became miniature canvases, capturing the texture and tone of a rapidly changing world. To wear one now is to tap into a moment of design history defined by freedom, reinvention, and flair.

ENERGY
There’s a quiet charge in wearing something from another time. Objects absorb atmosphere — the hands that held them, the rooms they passed through, the era they belonged to. Encased in gold, this button carries that energy forward: not as nostalgia, but as presence. A trace of the past made tangible. A reminder that style, like spirit, doesn’t disappear — it transforms.