Zips on Dresses!

My friend got me to pull up her zip when she got into my car, and pull it down when I dropped her home later that night

Whoops Xposts! Someone came to the door and I didn't check.

Use a large safety pin or similar attached on a long cord. Clip the hook or thread the safety pin on to the little hole in the 'pull' on the zip and close it. Hold on to the end of the cord as you put the dress on then move the end you are holding round so that it is above one of your shoulders and then pull gently. You need to hang on to the base of the zip to tension it but you will find just sitting down does the job and then you don't catch your skin in the zip.

I am afraid that if there is no little hole on your zips's 'tongue' you are sunk!

Before putting the dress on, either thread a loop of something (ribbon, shoe lace etc) through the little hole at the end of the zip tab, or (even better, in my opinion) the end of the handle of a wire coat hanger.

You should then be able to reach whatever you have attached, pull up the zip and then unattach it.