A Silly Zipper Question

[pagemaster_b]

My brother works for the Secret Service and during an assignment in Mongolia a few months ago he bought me a Columbia jacket dirt cheap. (According to him, it was off the black market.) As much as I love the coat, I'm annoyed that it zips up on the left side. My brother says that all the Columbia jackets he saw there were that way. Everyone around here says that for a woman's coat the zipper is on the left and a guy's coat zips on the right (which would mean that I've got a woman's coat). My question: is this just a distinction created by American clothing designers, or is it universal throughout the world?

[ebl]

I know women's clothing has the buttons on the left, but I don't know about zippers. Maybe I should get out a pair of my wife's or daughter's jeans to find out.

 

Eric "Never really thought of this before" L.

[coaster_maniac]

that is actually a very good question.. I knew about the buttons too.. but I have no clue about the zippers.. I've never thought about it before either.. hmm.. <>

[waterviper]

I thought this thread was about Zipper the carnival ride at first!

But about your question I have no clue!

[FlyingScooter]

i don't think it matters with coats.

 

if it was black Market stuff, it's probibly like a close-out, slightly abnormal product.

I've seen jeans at a Levi's Outlet near me where you can get jeans that have inverted pockets... and people buy them .. lol

[Angry_Gumball]

Speaking of defects, I've seen shirts at the flea market (Like nike shirts) with the logo stamped upside down. I wonder how many people didn't notice that when they purchased it.

[FlyingScooter]

I saw a nice generic Nike Shirt once that read: |/|IKE. the 'n' was backward as was the arrow.

another good one: Adidos. (a mexican made Adidas?)

[imbordisux]

Hmm... without looking at any female clothes right now, I'm gonna venture to guess that the answer is "no".

 

At first, I was thinking it would be similar to buttons, but then I realized that, when the zipper is all "zipped-up", there's no telling which side of the garment the handle was originally on.

[sfmmFREAK]

haha, this is liek in the Da Vinci Code, it could be simbolic of the male side being the right and the femanine side being the left.