kareina

Yesterday, while in a fabric store picking up something else, I noticed a product on display by their cash register. The sign asked "Zipper problems?" (ok, it actually said "Problem med dragkedja?", but I could understand it), and it showed a photo displaying how their product would solve your problem--it was a small elastic band which one pushes through the hole in the zipper tab, loops one end of the band through the other, and then hooks it over the button of the jeans or trousers.

Since I happened to be wearing a pair of jeans just then which have a zipper which doesn't like to stay up, the sign caught my attention. However, I wasn't about to spend the cash on their product when I have a fair few small elastic bands that started life as pony-tail holders, but then got over-stretched and now has a non-elastic bit next to the metal join. I grabbed one of the "dead" ponytail holders I happened to have with me, tied a knot in it to make it shorter, clipped off the metal bit, threaded it through my zipper, hooked it through itself, and looped it over the button. It works! Brilliantly. Such a simple solution to an annoying problem--it is so much nicer to wear these jeans now that I don't have to keep pulling the zipper up, which is good because other than the zipper issue they are my favourite pair.

I have previously tried waxing the teeth of the zipper, which helps a bit, but never for long. This is a much more elegant solution.