Button locking device

In the combination of a first fabric with a button permanently fastened thereto and a second fabric with an edge and a button hole adjacent said edge for receiving said button therethrough and to expose said button beyond said second fabric whereby to releasably button the two fabrics together, the improvement for locking the two fabrics together notwithstanding release of the button from the button hole and comprising a flexible link, means permanently securing one end of the flexible link to the first fabric, said flexible link extending between said fabrics from said button and being looped over the edge of the second fabric and said other end of the flexible link encircling exposed button whereby to lock the two fabrics together notwithstanding release of the button from the button hole.