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Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

MFS62 Apr 12 2019 07:15 AM

Why are the zippers on men's pants so short these days? Has the male anatomy changed that much? Is someone trying to anticipate an unnecessary evolution of the species? Or did the manufacturers get a real good price on short zippers? Wassup? Later

Lefty Specialist Apr 12 2019 07:57 AM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

Hmm. All my zippers are huge. Just sayin'.

Ceetar Apr 12 2019 08:00 AM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

*checks* seems normal. oh look a seam is coming loose below the zipper.

whippoorwill Apr 12 2019 08:45 AM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

Are they low rise?

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 12 2019 09:57 AM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

Some jeans do have short zippers but I'm not sure why. I got a pair of "bike commuter jeans" from Swerve -- the zipper is so short I practically need to pull em down to my knees to use the urinal. Not sure why that is

metsmarathon Apr 12 2019 10:07 AM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

are you sure you're wearing mens' jeans? womens jeans have laughably short zippers. maybe you're wearing jeans that are marketed to pee-sitters, instead of pee-standers? i'm sure there's internet literature lauding the benefits of either side of that divide, so perhaps an enterprising clothing manufacturer has hit upon a potentially lucrative niche.

kcmets Apr 12 2019 01:08 PM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

I've noticed the last 3-4 years or so I go out more and more with my fly down. That's all I got on zippers as mine are all more than adequate in length.

Fman99 Apr 12 2019 03:59 PM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

Yeah I've noticed it too. It's hella stupid. That design was created by someone who has never used a urinal in their life.

Frayed Knot Apr 12 2019 04:55 PM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

I have one pair of pants -- purchased sometime in the last year, a casual work type of thing under the Dickies brand -- with a shorter-than-usual zipper and, yeah, it's annoying. And it's not the kind of thing that you'd notice just by trying them on. Only under, how you say, working conditions does it become apparent. I think customers tend to underestimate, and therefore underuse, the value of comments and complaints directly to the company (me included). What I probably should do is contact Dickies and tell them I'm not going to buy anything from them again because of this design. What I probably will do is lazily NOT contact them and then proceed to not buy anything from them again because of this design.

LWFS Apr 12 2019 06:52 PM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

This is part of the reason I've been increasingly going with nice-looking "easy pants" on my offdays. #Fleethefly

Willets Point Apr 12 2019 06:54 PM Re: Zippin' Along (But not as long as we used to)

Pete Alonso must hate this trend.