Re: Left-sided Zipper

Posted by Greg from kenn001b-155.cybertours.com on May 23, 1999 at 07:28:13:

In Reply to: Re: Left-sided Zipper posted by Major Paul on May 22, 1999 at 22:25:43:

: : I received my Raider's jacket (new finish) this last Thursday (5/20). It was 11 weeks to the day from when I ordered it. It's AWESOME!!!

: : Patience really IS a virtue. My compliments to Peter and his team.

: : One thing, my jacket's zipper head is on the left as opposed to my other jackets which have the zipper head on the right. Is this an English thing???

: : Yeah, get used to that. Although I rarely use the zipper anyways (it always looks better unzipped). Maybe it's somehow related to driving on the left-hand side of the road... Congrats on the new jacket. -MP

Yes, the left-handed zipper goes back to when wealthy gentlemen had manservants who dressed them each day. It was easier for the manservant to button shirts and waistcoats with the buttons reversed (the same held true for women and their handmaidens), and the custom carried over to zippers when they were invented in the 1800's.

Greg

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