The most important aspect of vintage clothing is being able to identify how old an article of clothing is.  There are many clues that can be found in the details of every garment.  One of the common features that can be used to help identify what era an item is from is the zipper. Many zipper names such as crown, conmar, conmatic, ideal, gripper zipper, prentice, scovill, talon, and YKK to name a few have been found on a variety of vintage garments from the 20th century.  This page will help identify types of vintage zippers and the time period that they were primarily used, as well as give a brief history about the company behind the zipper.  Additional information with details about each type of zipper will be available in the near future by clicking on the photo below.  If you have a zipper photo that we do not have on this page please send us a photo and information.