In the olden days, women used to button up their husband's shirt. This way, they will be buttoning with the same movement.
The buttons on a woman's blouse is on her left side.
The right side.
The buttons are on the left side of a woman's blouse. The buttons on a man's shirt are on the right hand side. It is thought the reason being is because in Victorian times, women had maids to dress them while men had to dress themselves. With the majority of people being right-handed, having the buttons placed on the right side for a man made it easier for him to button them up by himself.
THE OUTSIDE.
They're on the left side.
The left side. All of my shirts have buttons on the left side, anyway. I just checked.
Usually its on the right side of the blouse, when you are wearing it.
Right for men, left for women.
Women's clothes button the opposite of men's clothes because of old traditions when women were dressed by their mothers or nannies. It becomes easier to button when in reverse. A woman's blouse buttons the opposite of men's clothing because of when women were evailed certain rights in history. When women were allowed to ride horses it was proper for a lady to ride side saddle. Thus she always rode on the left side. This caused a woman's blouse to come open in the wind. So the blouse was changed to button opposite as not to be obscene.
Traditionally, when a man is wearing a shirt, jacket or other buttoned item the buttons are on the right as he looks down at them.
Q Why do women's shirts button on the opposite side than a man's? A Way back in Medieval times, women did not usually dress themselves. They had handmaids to help them. Therefore the dressmakers designed the garments so the buttons were in the proper position for the dressers, the person USING the buttons. The tradition continued throughout the ages and even into today's styles. Source: Wave Shoppe Hawaiian Shirts
Yes. It just looks plain weird if you put your shirt or jacket on backwards.