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Apparently no tape, the zipper is bare, so special sewing machines are required and you plebs cannot just repair your clothes affordably (or yourself) anymore.

gilfoy 1y ago
All the other zippers will still exist. Clothes without zippers will still exist. Roughly nobody does this anyway.
- Gualdrapo 1y ago
  > Roughly nobody does this anyway. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof and at least here in this so-called "third world" country plenty of people makes their clothing to be repaired in any way or do it themselves (even me, sometimes)
- konart 1y ago
  >Roughly nobody does this anyway. I had at least z dozen zippers replaced through my life. Some times you a very good product with poorly chosen zipper, some times it is some sort of an accident. I find the idea of buying a new coat instead of fixing a small part of the old one weird.
  - iancmceachern 1y ago
    This doesn't change that, I expect you can still remove this a zipper and have another sewn on, just as before
    - konart 1y ago
      You can, but you (or rather atelier\studio) will have to buy a special machine to do so.
      - tempestn 1y ago
        If these become commonplace, so will such machines.
        konart 1y ago
        I hope in case of success this will be just one of the programs in your generic sewing machine. I'm afraid YKK might not be generous
  - tempestn 1y ago
    I'm in my 40s and don't think I've ever replaced a zipper. I'm sure a handful have broken over my lifetime, but never on something nice enough to be worth repairing. I wouldn't buy clothing based on the possibility of this (to me) extreme edge case.
    - stavros 1y ago
      > nice enough to be worth repairing I guess it's just cost of repair vs cost of garment. I always opt to spend $15 replacing the zipper than to buy another coat or whatnot.
      - oblio 1y ago
        That's $15 including new zipper and cost of labor?
        stavros 1y ago
        Yes, but I live in a LCoL country.
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Gualdrapo 1y ago
Funny enough they mention that this new zipper cuts emisions but at the same time requires another (propietary) machine to sew them into clothing... are net emmisions actually going to be diminished?
- allears 1y ago
  Not only that, but DIYers and alteration/repair will be out of luck too.
renewiltord 1y ago
You can. You’d just attach a fabric tape zipper and the clothes would stop being as flexible. So you get the best of both worlds: a fancy zipper to start with that delivers increased performance and then you remove the performance and have an old zipper placed in there. You just get an extra semi rigid fabric track when you repair. Your clothes should still work.
adrianmonk 1y ago
I wonder if you could do repairs by hand stitching. Presumably the special machine does a special stitch which is lined up exactly with the teeth. A regular machine can't do that, but I bet a skilled human could. You'd need a way to hold the zipper teeth and the fabric in place while you stitch. Maybe temporary tape or some special-purpose jig thing.

gilfoy 1y ago

All the other zippers will still exist. Clothes without zippers will still exist. Roughly nobody does this anyway.

Gualdrapo 1y ago
> Roughly nobody does this anyway. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof and at least here in this so-called "third world" country plenty of people makes their clothing to be repaired in any way or do it themselves (even me, sometimes)
konart 1y ago
>Roughly nobody does this anyway. I had at least z dozen zippers replaced through my life. Some times you a very good product with poorly chosen zipper, some times it is some sort of an accident. I find the idea of buying a new coat instead of fixing a small part of the old one weird.
- iancmceachern 1y ago
  This doesn't change that, I expect you can still remove this a zipper and have another sewn on, just as before
  - konart 1y ago
    You can, but you (or rather atelier\studio) will have to buy a special machine to do so.
    - tempestn 1y ago
      If these become commonplace, so will such machines.
      - konart 1y ago
        I hope in case of success this will be just one of the programs in your generic sewing machine. I'm afraid YKK might not be generous
- tempestn 1y ago
  I'm in my 40s and don't think I've ever replaced a zipper. I'm sure a handful have broken over my lifetime, but never on something nice enough to be worth repairing. I wouldn't buy clothing based on the possibility of this (to me) extreme edge case.
  - stavros 1y ago
    > nice enough to be worth repairing I guess it's just cost of repair vs cost of garment. I always opt to spend $15 replacing the zipper than to buy another coat or whatnot.
    - oblio 1y ago
      That's $15 including new zipper and cost of labor?
      - stavros 1y ago
        Yes, but I live in a LCoL country.
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Gualdrapo 1y ago

Funny enough they mention that this new zipper cuts emisions but at the same time requires another (propietary) machine to sew them into clothing... are net emmisions actually going to be diminished?

allears 1y ago
Not only that, but DIYers and alteration/repair will be out of luck too.

renewiltord 1y ago

You can. You’d just attach a fabric tape zipper and the clothes would stop being as flexible. So you get the best of both worlds: a fancy zipper to start with that delivers increased performance and then you remove the performance and have an old zipper placed in there. You just get an extra semi rigid fabric track when you repair. Your clothes should still work.

adrianmonk 1y ago

I wonder if you could do repairs by hand stitching. Presumably the special machine does a special stitch which is lined up exactly with the teeth. A regular machine can't do that, but I bet a skilled human could. You'd need a way to hold the zipper teeth and the fabric in place while you stitch. Maybe temporary tape or some special-purpose jig thing.