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USAGES

Garments Footwear

Boots were one of the first
Clothing is a major use items conceptualized for
for zippers. Early on, improvement with zipper
the promise of an easier technology, used to make
disrobing backed with fastening and holding
sexual inuendos was used footwear on easier.
to market zippers.

USAGES

Fashion Functionality

Fashion was a way that Zippers universally add
zippers were used to inno- functionality to our lives
vate clothing and ease of by increasing the usability
wear. Although function and speed of use of every-
is often the aim or goal, day items. They have also
zippers are often also used been modified to be water-
to embellish, decorate, or proof, outer space com-
adorn. Even the Duke of patible,, and fire resistant,
Windsor was seen as implicating continued use
fashionable for his zipper. in the future.

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