A button collet (10) is disclosed for use with a mating tack to form a button on a garment fabric. The collet (10) includes a cap (11) having an undercut or overhung cavity (12), an insert member (13) adhesively bonded in place therein, and a shank member or eyelet (14) fixedly secured to the insert member (13). The insert member (13) has a plurality of clamping lugs (13a) which are crimped around a flanged peripheral edge of the shank (14) and a plurality of peripheral notches (13b) in spaced apart relation alternating with the clamping lugs (13a).
