
Product Introduction
Metal zippers: brass, aluminium and zinc elements
How metal zipper teeth are stamped or cast onto tape, which alloy belongs on jeans versus a light jacket, and what plating has to survive.

Product Introduction
How garment lace is classified
A buyer’s map of embroidery lace, chemical lace, Raschel lace and Leavers lace — and which construction belongs on bridal, lingerie or ready-to-wear.

Product Introduction
Zipper sizes and gauge: #3, #5, #8 and #10
Gauge is closed-chain width, not a fashion number — how #3, #5, #8 and #10 map to garments, bags and outdoor gear, and why the slider must match.

Product Introduction
Zipper anatomy: tape, elements, slider and stops
The named parts of a garment zipper — tape, elements, slider, puller, top and bottom stops, pin and box — and why the BOM must list them as a system.
