Z

Some blog entries have been whiny diaries of my woes and weaknesses during this challenge.  My fave entries are when I really explored a concept that tied in to the letter of the day.  But then I liked the 2 fiction entries as well.  Tonight I wanted to make an entry kind of like Savvy's S, where I learned about Sikhism.  So I read up on the history of the zipper.  Here are some key facts:
Elias Howe, the sewing machine guy, created an early zipper.  He called it the automatic continuous clothing closure.  That was in 1851.
In 1917 a Swedish American guy named Sundback patented the separable fastener.  He worked for a fastener company in Hoboken.  Later, someone at B.F. Goodrich came up with the zippy name of Zipper.  They put zippers on galoshes.  Zippers became popular on kid clothing and were said to promote independence for kids.  When they became used in men's pantaloons, they were praised for excluding "The Possibility of Unintentional and Embarrassing Disarray." Before 1937, most guys had button up pants.  


So, this is my report on zippers.