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Textiles and Garment Construction

(ii) Slider body – Joins and separates
the teeth as it slides up and down.

(iii) Pull tab – What you use to move the
slider body up and down.

(iv) Teeth/chain – Hold the zipper
together.
(v) Tape – The fabric that the teeth/chain
is attached to.

(vi) Bottom stop – Prevents your slider
Activity 4.5 from coming off the bottom of the
zipper (closed bottom zips only).
Make sample of worked loops and (vii) Insertion pin – Secures the
button attached in slit opening then opposing side of the zipper in the
keep it in portfolio.
retainer box (separating zips only).
(viii) Retainer box – Secures the zipper
Zip fastenings together and prevents your slider
Zip fastening combines both opening and from coming off the bottom of the
fastening. Zip fastening can be used as an zipper (separating zippers only).
opening to allow putting on and off the
garment. They are also used to close the Note: See Figure 4.15 showing the parts
openings. Zip are popular fastenings used of the zip.
on various outer garments of children and
adults. They are popular because they are
quick and easy to insert and they last long.
They are mainly used at the neck, sleeves,
side, front and back openings of dresses,
skirts, trousers and on jackets and other
articles such as bags and pillowcases.
Zips are made of metal or plastic. The
metal ones last longer and are suitable for
clothes which need frequent laundering.

Parts of the Zip: The following are the
parts found in any zip:

(i) Top stop – Prevents your slider from
coming off the top of the zipper.

Figure 4.15 Parts of a zip

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