I have just come back from Istanbul and while wandering round the streets near the Grand Bazaar I came across clusters of wholesale button shops. I wasn't impressed by the buttons themselves but by the sheer quantity of them.
This one was within the covered Bazaar
Button selling is clearly a serious affair
It needs lots of careful consideration
Bagged up and ready to go
Deal made over the obligatory glass of tea
Button presses waiting on the pavement
Basement button cavern
Shop sign
The shops remind me of the shops of my childhood around St Margaret's Street behind Oxford Circus, London's factory dressmaking district.
great photos Dixie! I used to work around that old neck of the woods in London - and it's sad to see that none of them are there anymore!
ReplyDeleteThank you posting this to our Facebook page! I could just live in the Button basement! :)
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