Next time you zip up, or zip down, check out your zipper. There’s a good chance it’ll say YKK. But, what is YKK? I head to South Gate, California, to find out. At Koos Manufacturing in South ...

Starting this November, its clothing will include the Magzip, an ingenious zipper that magnetically clasps automatically and still provides just enough leverage for you to zip up one-handed if you ...

It’s said that a Goodrich executive coined the phrase “Zip ‘er up,” echoing the sound made by Sundback’s invention, and the name zipper was born. Want to know even more about zippers?