Which came first Button or zip flies?

Question

Which came first Button or zip flies?

Answer 1

Buttons, but I dare say you can remember the lace up britches can't you hun.

( beware of the Squirrel Corps lmao )

Good Luck. X :-)

Answer 2

button i would have guessed

Answer 3

Button only came first once and that was due to circumstances more than his ability to handle a formula one car.

Answer 4

Zips (originally called buttonless fasteners) came later.

Buttons were around for a long time, before that hooks (which can be used instead of buttons and common in traditional chinese clothing)

Button flies came back as a retro thing (something about standing for ten minutes at a urinal fastening your fly was considered cool in the 80s).

Answer 5

I would have thought button did as zips were made to be easier

Answer 6

Button flies

Answer 7

GIVE DUKE BEST ANSWER!!!

Button. A type of button was patented by levis very early on, along with the rivets on the seams, it was all designed to be strong, as jeans were work wear.

Answer 8

Buttons have been around in the West (in one form or another) since Medieval times, and even earlier in China.  (Even our Cro Magnon [and earlier] ancestors had the "technology" for toggle buttons.)  Zippers require actual machinery, which we didn't have until recently.

Answer 9

Buttons, of course! Buttons have been around since forever.  (Well, OK, before buttons they just had strings to tie things together).The zip was invented in the 20th century.

Answer 10

Button