Mackage: How much more for better buttons?
It’s been about 4-5 months since I’ve bought my first Mackage wool coat. I am crestfallen like a child whose lollipop suddenly fell to ground because the stick wasn’t properly attached to the candy.
This goes the same for the beautiful buttons who are unraveling before my eyes at lightning pace.
Is it too much to ask to have properly sewn buttons? How many more dollars can you save on having poorly sewn buttons, because I would like to know. How many more dollars do we need to spend to have buttons that will stay on forever with high quality threads? $100? $200?
Do I really have to reach for $1000+ coats just to get a button fix?
Next time you’re looking for a coat with buttons, pull on them. If you’re too afraid of testing them on the spot, then you know your confidence on those buttons isn’t very high, nor would it be worth your money to spend no matter how nice they are. Unless you don’t mind sewing the buttons back on once in a while.
Image credit: Mackage Isa wool coat
January 14th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
How incredibly frustrating.
January 18th, 2009 at 11:00 am
I believe the buttons on my own Mackage Luzia coat are headed in the same direction
January 18th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Katia: What a bummer! I already had to resew one of the buttons already, but I have cheap threads, so I’d have to buy some more resistant threads soon. I guess if I were to buy another Mackage coat, I’ll make sure it has a zipper next time.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I know the feeling! I just bought my very first Mackage coat and two of the buttons actually broke off!
Luckily the store owner is super nice and has offered to take the coat and replace all of the buttons with something stronger. Turns out the buttons themselves are cheap and weak. Would it be too much to ask to put on some stronger buttons?!
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
My buttons aren’t weak, but the threads that was used wasn’t sewn on properly. If you look up a video on how to properly sew on a button, you’d be able to tell that many buttons aren’t sewn on the same way.
If you ever have the chance to buy some nylon threads, they’re pretty sturdy and won’t rip away like some of the cheap threads that I’ve bought in the past. They’re usually sold in industrial size, like $30 a piece, but it’ll last you a lifetime!
December 10th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Same as Nathalie, I got my 1st Mackage like 2 months ago, wore it like not even 5 times, one day the plastic hoop on the button just popped out from the button!!! how cheap is that?? I changed it with the spare button.. but man.. knock on wood that the other ones wont pop out like this.. i dunno where to buy those damn unique buttons!!