Some details were great, like the zippers and denim color.
The Zippers, both 39, love mountain biking, skiing, snowshoeing and hiking.
The Talon Slide Fastener Co. make most of the zippers used in this country.
"Everything I order -- the fabric, the zippers, the buttons -- is cash up front," Mr. Lam said.
"The zippers to these dresses," she says, all good-natured exasperation and curves and smiles.
The fabric might come from Malaysia, the zippers from Japan, the buttons from Taiwan and the thread from South Korea.
Infection, Mr. Pollack said, "could spread from the tannery, it could come from the zippers, or the buttons".
I couldn't test the zippers or lie down in it, but one click and it was mine.
"Everything -- the balloon pants, the halter tops, the cutoff jeans, the zippers, even the Gothic-style writing -- looked like the things I wanted to wear," Ms. Stefani recalled.
The lure of LeSportsacs -- best known for a logo that runs over the top, under the zippers and down the side seams -- is not status.
Mr. Stolman noted that the zippers help — Lillys were made with plain metal zippers until about 1964, when painted metal zippers were introduced.
