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Article: WHEN IS A LIGHTER NOT A LIGHTER? WHEN IT'S A FASHION STATEMENT
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- PR Newswire
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- March 5, 1996
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BRADFORD, Pa., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1932, when George G. Blaisdell set out to make a "lighter that worked," he succeeded so well that he backed it with a lifetime guarantee. But even the visionary Blaisdell couldn't have predicted that his windproof lighter would prevail for over 60 years.
The Zippo lighter has withstood changing fashions and changing times to become one of the hottest fashion accessories and collectibles of the '90s. Italian designer Mossimo Giannulli released a line of 11 Zippo lighters and a clip-on belt holster in 1994. Zippos defined the characters of Pumpkin, Vincent, and the Wolf in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." Zippo lighters ...