Velcro was originally available only in black, but even when it started coming in multiple colors, 1960s fashionistas wanted nothing to do with it. iStock Technically called “hook-and-loop fastener,” ...

The last thing you want to discover as you’re about to head out the door in the morning is that your coat’s Velcro closures are caked with lint and hair and no longer have any sticking power. Or the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Convenient as it is for fastening things shut, Velcro - typically comprised of tiny, nylon hooks and loops that easily adhere ...

The U.S. Army has a problem with Velcro. It’s too noisy. And its little loops get clogged with dust from the Afghan and Iraqi deserts. The so-called “hook-and-loop” fastener was added to standard ...

Stop calling it Velcro. At least, that’s what the lawyers behind VELCRO® brand — yep, the sticky stuff that replaces laces on shoes and keeps wallets theft-proof — want us to do. They insist in a ...

Velcro, known the world over for making hook-and-loop closures that hold various parts of our lives together, has undertaken a rebranding effort that includes new packaging, revamped websites, a ...

The legal team at Velcro is, according to a new tongue-in-cheek video, fed up with people misusing the brand's name to refer to shoes and wallets that use generic fastening technology. They are not ...