A swish set of vintage buttons can turn a simple piece of clothing into something rather fabulous in a few stitches. The trouble is that it's often tough to find the perfect buttons to make your item of clothing retro-chic.
One of my favourite 'hidden' vintage treasures, Nichols Buttons, have just dug out a new range of buttons from their seemingly endless supply. The buttons are made by Lionel Nichols who was a lone glass maker producing handmade couture buttons from 1946 to 1966 in London's Marylebone.
A 1958 article in 'British Buttons' called Lionel "one of the last British outposts of the glass button craft" and it's amazing that you can still buy his handmade treasures today.
Dixie Nichols, his daughter, runs special events and sells sets of his buttons, as well as some jaw-droppingly beautiful one-off buttons at their online shop.
