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* [[Truth in Television]]; just walk into your local Hot Topic store (or similar "Goth" clothing shop), and behold. |
* [[Truth in Television]]; just walk into your local Hot Topic store (or similar "Goth" clothing shop), and behold. |
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** Though not clothes, there are pencil cases and bags made entirely out of zippers. |
** Though not clothes, there are pencil cases and bags made entirely out of zippers. |
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*** There are [http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/04/the-zipper-dress-a-sebastian-errazuriz-design/ clothes too] |
*** There are [http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/04/the-zipper-dress-a-sebastian-errazuriz-design/ clothes too]{{broken link}} |
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** Not only goth stores anymore as of 2009 or so, it seems to be a fad that's catching on even in higher-end, more fashion-forward stores as well as places like Forever 21. |
** Not only goth stores anymore as of 2009 or so, it seems to be a fad that's catching on even in higher-end, more fashion-forward stores as well as places like Forever 21. |
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* In a more universal way, zippers were originally invented as a shoe fastener, to replace ''20+ tiny buttons'' as fasteners for non casual shoes (and thus ineligible by current fashion for laces). You'd better believe that zippers are better than tens of buttons when you need to get dressed in a hurry. |
* In a more universal way, zippers were originally invented as a shoe fastener, to replace ''20+ tiny buttons'' as fasteners for non casual shoes (and thus ineligible by current fashion for laces). You'd better believe that zippers are better than tens of buttons when you need to get dressed in a hurry. |
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