Zippers

I love zips, but they infuriate me, who thought the joining together of something could be so easy. But they're not fool proof, but I suppose nothing is fool proof for a very competent fool as the fridge magnets say. Zips, they snag, they break, they undo themselves. How many times have you been told 'fly's undone'. I think what's worst is the movement to redo the fly, there's no hiding it, everyone knows what you're doing. If it were a button, it'd be a simple readjust, but not with a zipper. You just flashed everyone, and now everybody knows you're trying to cover it up.

The development of the zipper was a long time coming, with the first credited design being made in 1851, with the slightly less sexy name "The Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure." The zipper we know today was invented properly in 1917, and the name came from an advertising executive, trying to use them on gumboots with the phrase 'Zip'er up'. In the years to come, the humble zipper would be criticised by many religious leaders, as it made it too easy for women to take their clothes off.
It's easy for them to criticise, it's not like robes have to contend with zippers on a day to day basis!