"Who is Firmley Shakewell?"

     It has recently come to my attention that some people are confused about the history behind one Firmley Shakewell. 

      Firmley Shakewell is CEO of Shakewell Industries, the largest buttons manufacturer in Seattle, located in the Northwest since the turn of the century, and also owns a controlling interest in an award winning pickle farm in Spokane. He is a philanthropist, a patron of the arts, and is involved in grass roots political organizations and general do-goodery.

     Son to Reginald and Marjorie Shakewell, he was born in the back of a private trolley car in old Beverly Hills, CA. He enjoyed a normal childhood, in a private montessori in Salzburg Austria before attending university at Oxford on a dual rowing and fencing scholarship. After receiving his doctorate in wine pairing, he took over the reigns of the family business, propelling it to the pinnacle of the buttons industry.

     Surrounded by controversy after the 1948 fire bombing at Velcro International Headquarters, he emerged unscathed and went on to patent break through innovations in button technology.


     Today he can be found fighting crime in Capitol Hill, while nursing orphaned kittens and giving hand-jobs to homeless veterans.