All starting with ideas, even for a jeans button. When they have told me to come up with an old&ruined jeans buttons i started to collect some ideas. And at the end i have those 2 “rusty” old used button images. I suppose they are from a garment accesories collections with items coming through ages. Then i tried to match these look with the latest industrial developements and come out with these “brand new ” buttons:
I you can see, its all about the finishes. They are really basic buttons and riffets, but the original is their unique finishes.