A Solution Exists!

About a month ago, I wrote about back zips, how much I liked them.  Comments and e-mail confirmed that I'm not alone in that enjoyment.

In comments, Alana mentioned that she liked back zips but had trouble sometimes.  I do too.  I used

from Prima Productions

to be quite flexible and I could easily zip up then grab the tab from the top and pull it up the rest of the way.

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.