Long story short: after five years of development, YKK — whose zippers are part of most zipper-closed clothing you wear — has succeeded in creating a zipper that does without the fabric tape that fastens zippers to clothing.
Above and below, the breakthrough zipper.
Coming soon to your jeans et al.
Today’s Wired magazine story takes a deep dive into what it took to make this happen.
More?
Have a look at YKK’s AiryString catalog.
Quite the difference. One of those products that I never thought about to be honest. I've had a few zippers get jammed... or suck the clothing into the zipper and then it's very difficult to unzip it to fix it. Never even thought about the width of the zipper and the fabric tape.
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