You’re flipping through a packed thrift rack and something stops you: a perfect little mod shift, or a “maybe 40s?” rayon ...

Squirrel Nut Zippers came together with the greatest of ease. Their hit came even more easily, with a song Tom Maxwell claims to have dashed off in 15 minutes. Most effortless of all was their breakup ...

Most zippers are just there, on jeans & coats, whatever. But they weren't always seen so innocently. When zippers first appeared, some people thought they were too suggestive. Here's the story of how ...

There are several men responsible for the evolution of the zipper: Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, patented the “Automatic, continuous clothing closure” in 1851 — but it didn’t look a ...

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Take a look at a zipper on any given pair of pants and chances are it’s inscribed with the letters “YKK,” an acronym stamped on some 7 billion zippers a year. Every one of them is manufactured by a ...

Stealing from strangers? TikTokkers say, just do it. Teens on a stealing spree are nabbing the zippers off of Nike Elite backpacks, accumulating dozens and reselling them for a pretty penny to victims ...