In comments, Alana mentioned that she liked back zips but had trouble sometimes. I do too. I used
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I suggested to Alana:
If the problem with the dress is you can't reach (not that it needs squeezing) you can tie a piece of string to a safety pin. Put the pin through the zipper head (there's always a hole, right?) and CLOSE THE PIN. Then pull the string over your shoulder. When it's all the way up, remove the pin. Voila!
But I idly googled zipper helper and found sites like PrimaProductions and ZipMeUp and a do-it-yourself solution and other products sold on Amazon and other merchants.
I like the idea of home-made, but for style and a more femme solution look at the products. Then pick up that LBD.
No - all zipper heads do not have a hole, but there are other ways to get it done: http://www.femulate.org/2012/07/taming-zipper-teardrop-pull-tabs.html
ReplyDeleteOr, do yoga until you have the flexibility to do the zip up without a string, etc.. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat find Meg. I think part of the problem is the fabric was a little stiff. Since I put a few more hours in that dress, it's a little easier to zip up and down.
ReplyDeleteI have used the string and safety pin to zip up my dress and it works most of the time. But I still love to have someone zip me up, it is such a feminine feeling to have to ask someone, and such a feminine feeling to have someone doing it.
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