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Tradition

Everything here is purely handmade by traditional techniques that originated from Chinese Flower Button (Pan Hua Kou/盤花扣), 
which is the most artistic form of Chinese buttons. Popular in Shanghai during the Republic of China Era (1920-1950), mostly used in Cheongsam/Qipao (旗袍) for decorative purpose.
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More than a tradition

After one-year study from a flower button master in Hong Kong, 524kou spent another 3 years to manipulate the old and explore something new. That's what we called "Learn the rules to break". For instance, after improving materials, flower buttons now could achieve a much finer outline and become waterproof! Yet, it has to be created by a series of delicate handworks such as stiffing, cutting, ironing, knotting, sewing, shaping, stuffing...with plenty of precision as well as flexibility. For beginners, making a pair of simple buttons could spend you a day. The more sophisticated the design is, the longer the time is. 

Innovation through tradition

Along with the changing times, ​like many other handicrafts, Chinese Flower Button is facing a crisis of being forgotten. ​524kou is therefore established, not only to maintain and promote such a fascinating ancient wisdom of upcycling but also would love to make fun of the origin through modern design ideas for a sustainable development of Chinese button art. 
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