History of zippers

      I know, why zippers? and why write the history of something so small. Well I'm gonna show you guys the history of zippers because it plays a big part in the fashion industry, they're practically everywhere on our clothes, object, and also used for sayings. 
      The sipper has passed through the hands of several dedicated inventors, it was the magazine and fashion industry that made the novel zipper the popular item it is today. Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, success of the sewing machine, and after Elias received a patent in 1851 got an " automatic, continues clothing closure. " 
Maybe the cause of Elias not to pursue marketing his clothing closure system was also tied to the sewing machine success. As a result, Howe missed his chance to become the recognized "Father of the Zip." Whitcomb Judson, also inventor of the "Pneumatic street railway," forty-four years ago. 
       Together with businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, Whitcomb launched the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device. The clasp locker debuted at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and was met with little commercial success. A Swedish-born electrical engineer named Gideon Sundback whose work helped make the zipper the hit it is today. Originally, hired to work for the Universal Fastener Company, his design skills and a marriage to the plant-manager's daughter Elvira Aronson led to a position as head designer at Universal.  "Judson C-curity Fastener." And when Sundback's wife died in 1911, the grieving husband busied himself at the design table and by December of 1913, came up with what would become the modern zipper.
        popular "zipper" name came from the B. F. Goodrich Company, which decided to use Gideon's fastener on a new type of rubber boots or galoshes. It took twenty more years to convince the fashion industry to seriously promote the novel closure on garments. 
        Thus, The next big boost for the zipper came when devices that open on both ends arrived, such as on jackets. Today the zipper is everywhere, in clothing, luggage, leather goods and countless other objects. Thousands of zipper miles are produced daily to meet the needs of consumers, thanks to the early efforts of the many famous zipper inventors.







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