I'm sure a lot of us have this same problem once in awhile, you bought a new pair of jeans and realised that the zipper's slide is too loose and the zipper unzip itself when you move. This is a very annoying situation and an embarrassing one to say the least.
I face this problem very often, since I have 2 children whose main dress code consists of mostly jeans. And when they come to me complaining that their zippers are unzipping themselves, I get frustrated just thinking about the hassle of replacing new zippers. I have tried putting a rubber band through the zipper head and then, hooking it over the button of the jeans. I usually have to go over several round before it's tight enough to not slip down again, and if the rubber band is too old and too elastic, that means I basically have to wrap the button up with rubber band... Not only is it unreliable, the kids lose the rubber bands very easily and if I forget to remove them before I throw them into the washing machine....and then I have to find new rubber bands.
So yesterday, when my princess came to me again with a "self-unzipping" zipper, I decided that there must be a solution to this problem without having to change the whole zipper. So I did a small research on the internet and found a comment left on a thread (forgot where I found it) by a guy named "Mike" and God bless him for his brilliant solution! And this is how you solve this "slippery" problem:
First you find a key ring which is not so big but enough to hook it through your button.
Next, hook the ring through the zipper head. And you're done!
Unbelievable! And it works! Pull up the zipper, hook the ring through the button...
and button up your jeans like usual. And you can't even see the ring!
And if you really want to see the ring in action, you'll have to lift up the flap a little and angle yourself.... you see, it's just there doing its job!
I'm so happy with this solution and I yelled at my eldest prince if he has a similar problem and I fixed his jeans within 2 seconds and he was just amazed at how simple it is!
I wish it was me who thought of this smart solution and now I'm sharing it with all the sufferers out there who need a snappy zipper fix!
