Zipper is disclosed that allows one handed operation. Zipper has a split slider and a zipper closure. The split slider has a first slider member releasably coupleable to a second slider member. The first slider member engages a first plurality of zipper elements attached to a first fabric portion, and the second slider member engages a second plurality of zipper elements attached to a second fabric portion. The zipper closure comprises a first closure member releasably coupleable to a second closure member. The first closure member and the second closure member are positioned on the first fabric portion and the second fabric portion, respectively, such that the two closure members may be coupled by applying a force perpendicular to the surface of the fabric portions. In one embodiment, the first and second closure members are configured to couple simultaneously with the coupling of the first and second slider members.

A slide fastener pan includes a multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations (SOB), extending from a start position (A) to an end position (B), and a fastening element (35B) at respective ones of the locations (SOB), the slide fastener part being configured for attachment to and detachment from an oppositely positioned associated slide fastener part having a multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening elements (35A) by the movement of a sliding element (12), the attachment being by abutment of abutment portions of oppositely positioned ones of fastening elements (35A, 35B), wherein the first-mentioned multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations (30B) include a plurality of adjacent ones of the locations (30B), between the start position (A) to the end position (B), that are modified so as to provide a region (40) between the start position and the end position at which the attached slide fastener parts are relatively easily separated. The slide fastener part carries a flexible strip (60A) that extends over the fastening locations (30B, 30B) and is configured to abut a corresponding flexible strip (60A) of the oppositely positioned associated slide fastener part.