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Where to buy buttons in London?

Buttons, London, where to buy buttons in London?

You've got a new jacket. It suits well, just the buttons are bit too flashy. You need to buy new buttons for that otherwise neat jacket. London, where to buy buttons?

Shopkeeper who sold the item, has no buttons on sale but agrees kindly to change them for 10 quids, if I provide the buttons.

Where to buy buttons?

John Lewis, on the 4^th floor one can find buttons, needles and threads. Buttons are from 50 pence to 80 a piece. A pack of needles circa a pound and a half. Threads ±£1. Alas, the selection of buttons to buy is surprisingly poor and nothing suitable for a blazer at all.

Can I buy buttons at a sewing-shop?

Madam of Mediterranean Origin says that she does not sell buttons, but she can change them for 5..6 pounds for me. Buttons of course, have come from me. Where to buy buttons in London? Her guess is John Lewis and Camden. Thank you, bye.

Where to buy?

Further ideas, where to buy buttons, would be a military surplus and an Oxfam shop. My two-button blazer has got 4+4 buttons on cuffs, that could total up to 10 pounds. If I find something below this price tag in those places... well, scissors I have got my own.

The best place to buy buttons, is a button shop

Taylors Buttons & Belts

Talk to people.
- Do you know where to...
- Buttons? Here, around the corner...

And there it is - Taylors Buttons & Belts, 22 Cleveland Str, London. The shop is bit worn and dusty, but stuffed with buttons, buttons from floor to ceiling. This button shop has been in business since late 1800s. They know the stuff. World of buttons.

- Buttons for a jacket? Silver? Brass? Navy blues perhaps?

buttons to buy

Shopkeeper lays on the table boxes and bags with diverse navy blue buttons. I buy 10 buttons for 45 pence each.

Instead of going to sewer, I obtain a thread bobbin for 99 pence at Robert Dyas. The estimated cost of the operation "Buttons" plummets four times - from pound 20 to 5.49. DIY!

So, where to buy buttons in London?
At Taylors, 22 Cleveland Street, London!

More shops where to buy buttons in London.

• Bare Essentials, 76 High Street, London BR1 1DD
  nearest tube Bromley South.
• Bead Aura, 3 Neal's Yard, London WC2H 9DP
  nearest tube Covent Garden.
• Beauty Stones, 10 Wentworth Street, London E1 7TF
  nearest tube Aldgate.
• Colourtex Dyers, 800 High Road, London N17 0DH
  nearest overground White Hart Lane.
• Creative Beadcraft, 1 Marshall Street, London W1F 9BA
  nearest tube Oxford Circus.
• De Fashion Bureau, 137 Broadway, London DA6 7EZ
  nearest overground Bexleyheath.
• Karen's Bead Shop, Watermill Way, London SW19 2RD
  nearest tube Colliers Wood.
• Ladies Accessories, The Liberty, London RM1 3RT
  nearest overground Romford.
• Taylors Buttons, 22 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JB
  nearest tube Goodge Street.
• The Button Queen, 76 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2PR
  nearest tube Bond Street.

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