Why don’t the Amish use zippers?
The Amish dress simply with only basic ornamentation. Men’s trousers use buttons rather than zippers. Their pants are made with a flap in the front held closed by buttons to avoid the use of a zipper. The women use straight pins on their aprons with snaps on their dresses.
More Zipper Facts:
A version called the “clasp locker” was invented by American born inventor Whitcomb L. Judson and for which a patent No 504,308 was first applied on Nov. 7, 1891. After many collaborations and revisions it culminated in 1914 with Gidion Sundback’s invention of the “Hookless Fastener No. 2″. This was the first version of the zipper without any major design flaws and essentially indistinguishable from modern zippers.
Today, Japan makes 90% of the world’s zippers
Zipper Styles:
Coil: The slider runs on two coils on each side; the “teeth” are the coils. Coil zippers make up the majority of zipper sales.
Invisible: The tape’s color matches the garment’s, as does the slider, so that, except the slider, the zipper is “invisible”.
Metallic: Metal zippers are the classic zipper type, found mostly in jeans today. The teeth are not a coil, but are individual pieces of metal molded into shape and set on the zipper tape at regular intervals.
Molded Plastic: These zippers are identical to metallic zippers, except that the teeth are plastic instead of metal.
Open ended: These zippers use a “box and pin” mechanism to lock the two sides of the zipper into place, often in jackets. Open-ended zippers can be of any of the above specified types.
Closed Ended: These zippers are closed at both ends; they are often used in luggage.
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