fasteners [1]

Accessories used to open or close a garment.

zipper

Closure made up of two lengths of tape edged with teeth that interlock by means of a slide.

tape

Strip of fabric to which the teeth are attached; it is sewed to each side of the fabric’s seam.

tab

Metal piece used to move the slide.

slide

Sliding part that joins or separates the two rows of teeth on the zipper.

tooth

Each of the metal pieces that mesh when the slide is pulled.

stop

Metal piece that stops the slide at the lower end of the zipper.