{"id":410,"date":"2013-10-29T21:26:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T01:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/?p=410"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:10:52","slug":"standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Australian<\/p>\n

Plastic Buttons<\/h2>\n

Our Roma Plastic buttons<\/a> are the default option for most custom shirts and for good reason– they’re specially developed to withstand chipping and exposure to high heat. While they may not have the natural irregularities that make Mother of Pearl buttons so special, our Roma buttons do feature a unique, mottled finish and off-white hue to provide a similarly appealing, versatile look.<\/p>\n

Mother of Pearl Buttons<\/h2>\n

Mother of Pearl buttons<\/a> are a classic detail favored by high-quality shirt makers. Made from the inner layer of pearl oysters (also called nacre), they have a little more depth of color than plastic resin buttons do. These buttons can have a tendency to crack, but usually only do this with particularly brutal dry cleaners. They do not dissolve after repeated washes like resin plastic buttons can.<\/p>\n

Other things to consider<\/h2>\n

Orders including shirts with Mother of Pearl buttons (Mother of Pearl, Australian MOP, or Smoke MOP) must undergo special Fish and Wildlife inspections that can cause shipping delays. To be safe, we automatically adjust the estimated turnaround times for the affected items, reflected in your shopping bag and order receipt email.<\/p>\n

Replacement Mother of Pearl and plastic resin button sets.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plastic Buttons Our Roma Plastic buttons are the default option for most custom shirts and for good reason– they’re specially developed to withstand chipping and exposure to high heat. While they may not have the natural … Read →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1010],"tags":[149,147,148,512,144,459,460,151,146,145,513,152,461,457,458,511,150],"prod-type_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garment-construction","category-shirts","tag-australian-mother-of-pearl","tag-black","tag-black-shirt","tag-blue-horn-buttons","tag-buttons","tag-colored-buttons","tag-dress-shirt-buttons","tag-durable-buttons","tag-horn","tag-mother-of-pearl-buttons","tag-navy-shirt-buttons","tag-plastic-resin-buttons","tag-plastic-vs-mother-of-pearl","tag-roma-button","tag-roma-plastic-button","tag-slate-horn-buttons","tag-thick-buttons"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl - Proper Cloth Help<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Choose between plastic and mother of pearl buttons for your custom shirts. Understand the unique characteristics and benefits of each option.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Choose between plastic and mother of pearl buttons for your custom shirts. Understand the unique characteristics and benefits of each option.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Proper Cloth Help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/propercloth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-30T01:26:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-27T20:10:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buttons-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"315\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"315\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Seph\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Seph\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63d748dc894fa17beb59de43de5345cc\"},\"headline\":\"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-30T01:26:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T20:10:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/buttons-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Australian mother of pearl\",\"black\",\"black shirt\",\"blue horn buttons\",\"buttons\",\"colored buttons\",\"dress shirt buttons\",\"durable buttons\",\"horn\",\"mother of pearl buttons\",\"navy shirt buttons\",\"plastic resin buttons\",\"plastic vs. mother of pearl\",\"Roma button\",\"Roma plastic button\",\"slate horn buttons\",\"thick buttons\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Garment Construction\",\"Shirts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl - Proper Cloth Help\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/buttons-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-30T01:26:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T20:10:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Choose between plastic and mother of pearl buttons for your custom shirts. Understand the unique characteristics and benefits of each option.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/buttons-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/buttons-1.jpg\",\"width\":315,\"height\":315,\"caption\":\"button options\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/\",\"name\":\"Proper Cloth Help\",\"description\":\"Custom Clothing Expertise\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Proper Cloth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Proper Cloth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/propercloth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/propercloth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/propercloth\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63d748dc894fa17beb59de43de5345cc\",\"name\":\"Seph\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl - Proper Cloth Help","description":"Choose between plastic and mother of pearl buttons for your custom shirts. Understand the unique characteristics and benefits of each option.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl","og_description":"Choose between plastic and mother of pearl buttons for your custom shirts. Understand the unique characteristics and benefits of each option.","og_url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/","og_site_name":"Proper Cloth Help","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/propercloth","article_published_time":"2013-10-30T01:26:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-27T20:10:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":315,"height":315,"url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buttons-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Seph","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/"},"author":{"name":"Seph","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#\/schema\/person\/63d748dc894fa17beb59de43de5345cc"},"headline":"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl","datePublished":"2013-10-30T01:26:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T20:10:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/"},"wordCount":207,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buttons-1.jpg","keywords":["Australian mother of pearl","black","black shirt","blue horn buttons","buttons","colored buttons","dress shirt buttons","durable buttons","horn","mother of pearl buttons","navy shirt buttons","plastic resin buttons","plastic vs. mother of pearl","Roma button","Roma plastic button","slate horn buttons","thick buttons"],"articleSection":["Garment Construction","Shirts"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/","url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/","name":"Dress Shirt Buttons: Plastic vs. Mother of Pearl - Proper Cloth Help","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buttons-1.jpg","datePublished":"2013-10-30T01:26:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T20:10:52+00:00","description":"Choose between plastic and mother of pearl buttons for your custom shirts. Understand the unique characteristics and benefits of each option.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/standard-buttons-vs-mother-of-pearl-buttons\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buttons-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buttons-1.jpg","width":315,"height":315,"caption":"button options"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#website","url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/","name":"Proper Cloth Help","description":"Custom Clothing Expertise","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#organization","name":"Proper Cloth","url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/logo.png","width":1000,"height":540,"caption":"Proper Cloth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/propercloth","https:\/\/x.com\/propercloth","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/propercloth"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/#\/schema\/person\/63d748dc894fa17beb59de43de5345cc","name":"Seph","sameAs":["http:\/\/propercloth.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10501,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/10501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"prod-type_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prod-type_taxonomy?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}