The origin of the buttons on suit cuffs.

More than 200 years ago, there was a Kingdom of Prussia on what is today Germany. The Kingdom of Prussia had a king named Frederick II. He was ambitious, and soon after he took over, he used all his troops to invade Silesia, conquer Frisia, and carve up Poland...

Frederick II's illustrious military exploits depended on the training of his army. A well-trained army. He paid great attention to the daily training of the army. The strict military appearance and discipline of this army were famous in Europe. For this reason, the king often talked about himself as a military "genius".

One day, after a great victory, Frederick II ordered a grand military parade to be held.

Under the golden sunshine, the Prussian soldiers were wearing woolen military uniforms and their leather shoes were polished. They lined up neatly, with their chests puffed out in high spirits. Accept the inspection by His Majesty the Emperor.

Accompanied by ministers, Frederick II walked through rows after rows. The soldiers' cheers of "Long live the Emperor" satisfied him, and he nodded and waved happily.

Suddenly, he stopped in front of a soldier and asked him to stretch out his sleeves. He found that the soldier's sleeves were dirty and had glistening oil stains, which were "discernible". He checked a few more soldiers and found that the situation was similar. So, he reprimanded them angrily and asked the soldiers why they were so careless about hygiene and affected the military prestige.

An officer hurriedly reported forward: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are very hard. They have to march and fight, so they must sweat. The sweat from the forehead will block the sight. At this time, it is often too late to take the handkerchief. , I had to wipe the sweat with my sleeves. So, please forgive them.”

After hearing the report, Frederick II felt that it made sense and suppressed his anger. Returning to the palace, he thought deeply that it was reasonable for soldiers to wipe sweat with their sleeves, so he suppressed his anger. Returning to the palace, he pondered that it was understandable for soldiers to wipe sweat with their sleeves, but the Prussian army was the bravest and best-fighting army in the world, and it should also be the most civilized and hygienic army. He had to find a way to prevent soldiers from using their sleeves. Wipe sweat.

After some research, he came up with a good way to prevent soldiers from wiping sweat with their sleeves: sew a few metal buttons on the sleeves of military uniforms, so that if they use their sleeves to wipe sweat, they will scratch their faces. At least it will be uncomfortable.

At the emperor's order, the cuffs of the Prussian soldiers' uniforms were quickly nailed with metal buttons, and the cuffs were no longer dirty. This method was quickly promoted in military uniforms in various European countries.

Later, when the common people saw that soldiers had buttons on their cuffs, which looked beautiful and elegant, they followed suit one after another. Therefore, the cuffs of suits also began to have a row of buttons.