What's your favourite clothing fastener?

[betty swollocks]

Background: I have a Rapha softshell jacket. It was expensive, but it's stylish, and functional and I love wearing it.
However, today, its zip got stuck fast, right up at the neck and would not unzip. It was not snagged on underclothing, it was just stuck. Couldn't pull it up and over my head either: it was too tightly fastened up at the neck.
So, I covered my mouth with my buff, looked into a mirror and sprayed the zip with silicon lube and then tugged at the zip puller with all my might: it still wouldn't budge. Yanked again and again and still nothing.
So, final resort (or else I'm stuck in it for life), - I grabbed the puller with pliers and wrestled until success. Success in terms of the zip descending and me being able to escape, but disaster in terms that the zip is now buggered.
Wish Rapha did a velcro or popper version.
So....

 

[craigwend]

If you will buy cheap tat..............

Try these next time

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[Rezillo]

I can't believe that I'm sad enough to vote on this

 

[Fnaar]

I like the zip, not least because it is the arabic word for 'penis'.
I REALLY REALLY HATE HATE HATE trousers with a button fly. No no no no no. Zips were invented because they were better than a button fly.

 

[Booyaa]

Seeing the thread title I thought it was the oddest thread ever, the post backing it up though explains all!

 

[betty swollocks]

I like the zip, not least because it is the arabic word for 'penis'.
I REALLY REALLY HATE HATE HATE trousers with a button fly. No no no no no. Zips were invented because they were better than a button fly.

Surprised that there's no tugging/zipper smutty innuendo here. You're slacking

 

[P.H]

Are you sending it back to Rapha? I'd be interested to hear what they say.

 

[betty swollocks]

Are you sending it back to Rapha? I'd be interested to her what they say.

.....oh yes. Will report back.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I voted for zips because the grandchildren will play with mine for ages. The cycling tops I hasten to add!

 

[jazzkat]

I like the zip, not least because it is the arabic word for 'penis'.
I REALLY REALLY HATE HATE HATE trousers with a button fly. No no no no no. Zips were invented because they were better than a button fly.

I'm with you here, I've recently bought a pair of trousers that, because I've come down in weight, are in the skinny-young-thing style. They have a button fly and my 40 something mentality can't deal with them, they are a pain in the.....well.....front!
I wonder why we never got velcro flys?

 

[Maz]

I like the zip, not least because it is the arabic word for 'penis'.
I REALLY REALLY HATE HATE HATE trousers with a button fly. No no no no no. Zips were invented because they were better than a button fly.

Button fly trousers?
Especially bad when your bladder's bursting.

 

[Maz]

I wonder why we never got velcro flys?

They could get hooked on the short n curlies!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

honestly? depends on the zip.

 

[slowmotion]

A good thick chunky zip is a thing of beauty. Helly Hansen offshore sailing gear has some spectacular examples. Cheap weedy ones are the pits.

Poppers are for babies and onesie losers.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

A good thick chunky zip is a thing of beauty. Helly Hansen offshore sailing gear has some spectacular examples. Cheap weedy ones are the pits.

I can't agree.

Expensive technical 'waterproof' welded-in ones are the pits. At least a cheep weedy sewn-in jobbie can be replaced.*

*I knew there was a reason I put the number one son through a degree in fashion design.