Why is a zipper called a fly?
It's a style of covering an opening in a garment, with a flap of cloth disguising the actual buttons or zip. A Fly is that piece of flap that covers the connectors that hold the fabric together. When buttons switched to zippers, the word fly, the piece of cloth, soon became the word for a zipper on pants.
"Fly," derived from the Old English "flowan" (to flow), has acquired many meanings over the centuries, e.g., a winged insect, a baseball hit high into the air, the space above a theater stage and a late-1960s word for "cool."
Originally, trousers did not have flies or other openings, being pulled down for sanitary functions. The use of a codpiece, a separate covering attached to the trousers, became popular in 16th-century Europe, eventually evolving into an attached fall-front (or broad fall). The fly-front (split fall) emerged later.
The fly is the front opening at the top of jeans where you'll find either buttons or a zipper. On jeans, the top button is also uncovered.
These flying skills were a crucial component of their invention. Before they ever attempted powered flight, the Wright brothers were masters of the air. A 1928 reproduction of the Wright brothers' engine for 1903 Flyer.
slang, "clever, alert, wide awake," by 1811, perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch.
It wasn't until 1947 that Levi's added a zipper fly to jeans, hoping to appeal to female customers. While western women who worked on ranches had been wearing men's button fly jeans for years, many proper women on the East Coast considered the button version of jeans to lack modesty.
In 1844 a book about military clothing made the first recorded use of "fly" to indicate a "pants opening." As to the origin of flies, it could also be referring to a tent flysheet that had "flies" to tie the flaps closed to the tent pole.
A French bearer is a button at the closure of a pair of trousers in addition to the usual front button. It is inserted on the inside of the trousers, usually behind or to the side of the fly opening.
A faux fly is a fly that looks like a fly, but which does not open to serve as a fly. Consequently, faux flys tend to rip apart after a relative short repeated use of the pants due to the fact that the pants are stretched about the faux fly when a user tries to wear them.
What do British people call zippers?
The British word is zip.
The French fly for trousers is a hidden extra closure with an inside button tab attached to an internal belt or. waist stay. its function is to allow the flap of the fly to sit down smooth and flat in a more relaxed way by. taking any strain of the top of the zip.
a single button is much easier (and cheaper) to replace than hoping your tailor can work her magic on a whole zipper. While zippers pull up and down from the same vertical plane, there's something about the way buttons pull in five different directions that makes them feel more custom fit to your body.
It is most widely held today that the Wright brothers were the first to fly successfully; they methodically studied every aspect of flight, and achieved masterful control of their aircraft. Brazil regards Alberto Santos-Dumont as the first successful aviator because the Wright Flyer took off from a rail.
Abbas Ibn Firnas: the first human to fly.
The term "dress swag" is associated with hip hop culture, but its definition has expanded to mean dressing with confidence, looking cool, and being proud to show off what you've got.
Ok, it's not really cool to be fly anymore, but it was all the rage in the 80s and 90s. And by that we actually mean the 1880s and 1890s because that is when the word “fly” started being used to describe someone who was clever and generally cool.
"She's so fly" means that she's cool, sexy, etc. It's a term from the 90's. Jennifer Lopez was one of the original Fly Girls.
Fly. You might use hottie now, but back in the day a boy or girl was pretty fly. It means they were good at something or just attractive. You could also use it to say something was awesome or cool like, “That ring is fly!”
HAVE you ever compared women's clothes to men's and wondered why we get such little pocket space compared to mens roomy pockets? Expert Emily Keller, who has been a fashion designer for 10 years, explained that ladies' pockets are smaller, or often fake, because it cuts costs to reduce the size and fabrics used.
Why did they stop putting pockets in dresses?
Christ says eventually pockets were phased out not because of witches, but because of the Industrial Revolution. “Clothing can be mass-produced for the first time. You're not necessarily sewing your clothing at home, so the need to have an attachable pocket is just phased out for some reason,” she said.
According to Keller, today's women's jeans are meant to fit the body and the designer explained that if you add bigger pockets, the layers will show and ruin the look. The third reason, according to Keller, is that if the pocket is tucked into women's jeans, the area there will stretch.
FLY. Definition: Cool, Sexy, Smart or Stylish. Type: Slang Word (Jargon)
What is the button fly and what should you know about it? As the name suggests, you don't have a zipper and instead you use buttons to open and close your fly. While a zipper can break or malfunction, the buttons are a part of the design and they are very durable.
- The cucumber has left the salad.
- Someone tore down the wall, and your Pink Floyd is hanging out.
- Your soldier ain't so unknown now.
- Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bells.
- Elvis Junior has LEFT the building!
- Mini-Me is making a break for the escape pod.
Why can't some birds fly? - Gillian Gibb - YouTube
dipteran, (order Diptera), any member of an order of insects containing the two-winged or so-called true flies. Although many winged insects are commonly called flies, the name is strictly applicable only to members of Diptera.