By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing ...

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On a Wednesday night in July, the normally quiet Glen Park branch of the San Francisco Public Library hummed with the sounds of clacking sewing machines, upbeat music and people chatting. But no ...

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A faulty zipper can render your favorite pair of jeans unwearable. Whether the zipper is stuck, misaligned, or missing a pull tab, knowing how to fix a zipper on jeans or any piece of clothing can ...

Peggy’s guest, Ella Pritsker, demonstrates easy and efficient methods of zipper installation. The Automatic Continuous Clothing Closure, commonly called the zipper, was first invented in 1917. Sewing ...