24/04/2012
Born in 1880 today, Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American electrical engineer, invented the zipper. A fastening device that revolutionised the clothing industry.
At the time of its invention the zipper wasn’t called a zipper and instead referred to as a ‘separable fastener’. The word zipper was later made popular by the BF Goodrich Company, that used Sundback’s ‘separable fastener’ for its products.
The zipper regularly finds a place in lists of inventions that shaped the world.
Where would we be without the zipper? Could you imagine a world with zippers? I know I couldn't :)
Hope you all had a great day x
P.S If you haven't already been in Google today check out how Google celebrated the invention of the Zipper and it's Inventor!
