This is my go-to jacket for hiking. Twenty years old, I wear this light down jacket in the Spring, summer and fall.

Look up how to replace zipper tabs on the internet. My tips:

1. Find a friend with a sewing machine and zipper foot (me). You will need that person to topstitch with matching thread.

2. At a fabric store, buy a Clothing Zipper Repair Kit and a seam ripper.

On the side of the zipper with the zipper pull:

3. Using the seam ripper, remove enough stitches to free the folded end of the zipper at the neck.

4. With the seam ripper, carefully pry open metal teeth of the zipper stop without tearing the fabric. Metal teeth are embedded in the fabric like a claw. Also tried needle nose pliers and a thick needle. This takes about 30 minutes.

Once the metal stop is removed, slide off the broken zipper tab.

5. Now you can slide on new zipper tabs from the top. Try different sizes. Put on the jacket and try zipping it up. Repeat until you find the right zipper tab.

6. With a sewing machine, topstich at the neck where you removed threads. If you can, add the matching pull cord that came with the jacket.

TA DA!