Pullover hoodies are fine, but sometimes what you really want is one that zips up—especially if you’re going to layer with it on chilly winter days. Enter this simple sewing project: just two seams ...

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Is a redesign for zippers overdue by 100 years? Or are we trying to fix something that’s not broken? Few inventions reach such widespread use as the zipper. Odds are, you’re wearing a zippered garment ...

Fastener manufacturer YKK has developed a new zipper that closes using magnetic force to facilitate quick clothing changes. While conventional zippers require engaging the insert pin and retaining box ...

There are few products that are such a part of people’s daily lives as to spawn their own figure of speech. That’s the case with the zipper, that ever-present fastener that keeps pants up and jackets ...

Few inventions reach such widespread use as the zipper. Odds are, you’re wearing a zippered garment right now. And yet—in its over 100-year-old history—it has received no significant updates. Until a ...