Button and Loop fasteners on Paenula Cloak

[PhilusEstilius]

Where I have mentioned earlier about the loops that Graham has shown in his garment picture I again have to say that with these button loop fasteners the whole of the triangular part of the item has to be sewn onto the garment material on the inside, this is where the triangle has to go through a tiny slot some distance of around 5 mm from the edge of the material it goes through then loops more tightly sewn together on the other edge are pushed so much more tightly over the button and this would give a much more secure way of holding the garment together.
The idea of a button hole as Mike has mentioned may well have to wait until one is indeed found but then let us not run away with this idea that because one has not been found they were never used by the Romans.