zipper tips?

[rm]

The zipper on my purse broke, or more accurately, part of the zipper trim got stuck in it, so I can't open it or close it.

Anyone got any suggestions, other than cutting open and throwing out my $50 purse? Since right now that's the only way I can get my passport out of it.

P.S. -- not leather.

Comments

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

There are "zipper repair kits" available at craft/sewing stores sometimes, but I think those are for actually broken zippers, whereas it sounds like yours is just jammed on fabric. Working the fabric gently out with a pin or something like one (small knitting needle maybe) is tedious as hell, but works eventually.

And it could be worse. The zip on my leather pants busted in a diner bathroom once; zipper head stuck in the middle, both sizes of the zipper gaping open, and me in a cropped-shirt shirt and jacket. Fortunately my boyfriend was kind and swapped sweaters with me, even though he looked very stupid in mine. Ruined the date though; nothing like knowing that you have to get home to find industrial pliers before you ever get to pee again, and a large milkshake, to ruin the evening's plans.