They need to be given away or recycled or thrown out. Actually, they're that old. Now, I needed to sew the button back on. I do not have you you needle and thread. Pretty sure no one else in the building would either. But Luckily I used to always carry safety pins in my backpack because as a performing artist, I never knew when they would come in handy. They once saved a performance where I showed up without pants. That's a story for another time