How To Put A Zip In It - reviving coat of the day 482
A zip / zipper sewn into a wrap-around coat. Photo by Angela Lansbury. What Is A Zip In England we say zip. Americans say zipper. This is a rare occasion when it is the Americans who use the long word, and the British use the shorter word. Mostly it is the other way round. Who Needs A Zip? I sewed a zip in a coat. I had been meaning to do this for years. What stopped me? My old, warm, hooded coat was brown, a colour which no longer suits me. I kept meaning to throw it out or give it away. But it was useful to wear in the garden where it protected me from brambles and thorns on roses, from biting gnats. It kept me warm. It and stopped me getting too wet when I went out to the garage. That is what it did most of the time. However. it did not protect me enough all the time. On one occasion I got snagged by thorns, my legs scratched and a nice skirt was torn. The next time, I got bitten by insects. I was not happy. I was still not prepared to jettison t...