The zipper is a very common fastener used to secure all kinds of things, especially clothing. But the zipper wasn"t always around. Before the zipper was invented, buttons were used in fastening clothes, and so were hooks and eyes that had to be fastened manually. When the zipper first came out, it was somewhat of an oddity; it wasn"t widely accepted. But slowly, more and more people started noticing its convenient applications, and soon it could be seen everywhere. The zipper started off as a novelty, and because of its convenience, it is now a necessity. The first zipper was...
school, to assure a friend that we would keep a secret, we would go through the motion of closing a zipper that was attached to our mouths.

Perhaps in today"s world, where rushing is a part of everyday life, we need a device like the zipper so we can get dressed faster than if we had clothes with only buttons or snaps, and so we can close up our backpacks or other luggage and get going. Anyhow, the zipper started out as a strange and odd device, but with improvements, became very convenient, and something we can"t do without.