Zip me up...

[Lily]

Okay, I'm having a time zipping up my dresses. My SO doesn't feel comfortable doing it for me so I'm out to find a way to zip up my own dresses. I am on the verge using an idea I used to zip up my body glove when I used to serf.

Is there anything out there that has all ready been made to help with this. lol

[Kandis]

Dental floss works just like you used to zip up the Body Glove. Use a length looped through the zipper and remove it when finished or tuck it inside the dress.

[Lily]

oowwww, good idea.

[Carol Ann]

Lily,
Beginners trick, open a large paper clip bend one end into a fish hook and the other end into a loop. Tie a string to the loop about 3 foot long. hook the other end on the zipper and just pull it up. Learned that trick when I was 14

[Lily]

That's something like I was thinking of. I ware a lot of lace though and I was afraid of catching on it. I'll have to give it a try though.

[Absaroka]

Be careful when you zip that you can unzip again later.

Zari

[JoAnnDallas]

And you can use the same trick to UNZIP your dress. Unzipping a dress can be as much as a problem as zipping it up. LOL

[Anita]

I've limited myself to dresses that I can fit into with the zipper up already. The idea of being dependent on paper clips or the kindness of SOs or strangers just doesn't work for me.

[Lily]

I just found a par of Suspender with a clip that is so tight that I can clip it on the zipper and pull it up my back. It's not easy, but so far it has worked okay.

[PhylissH]

I guess I am just luky, I am still flexible enough that zipping or unzipping my dress is not a problem.
However the thought of being stuck in an outfit and being totally at the mercy of some one to help me get out of it sounds terribly fun.

[Elizabeth]

Hi girls,

They are somewhat difficult to find now, but wire hangers work great for zipping up or down. However, like Anita, I only wear dresses that I can slip on already zipped.

Love always,
Elizabeth