Two-way slide fastener

A garment extender comprising:

• a body, the body defining opposed body first and second ends and body first and second sides extending therebetween, the body first and second sides being provided each with a respective attachment for attaching the garment extender to a garment;
• the body including body first, second and third panels, the body second panel being provided between the body first and third panels, and a first slide fastener between the body first and second panels, the first slide fastener extending between the body first and second ends to allow selective attachment of the body first and second panels to each other and detachment of the body first and second panels from each other;
• the first slide fastener including:
• a first stringer, the first stringer including a first tape secured to a first one of the body first and second panels and defining first tape first and second ends respectively at the body first and second ends, a plurality of first teeth being provided along the first tape between the first tape first and second ends;
• a second stringer, the second stringer including a second tape secured to a second one of the body first and second panels and defining second tape first and second ends respectively at the body first and second ends, a plurality of second teeth being provided along the second tape between the second tape first and second ends;
• first and second sliders, the first slider defining a first channel defining first channel wide and narrow ends, the second slider defining a second channel defining second channel wide and narrow ends, the first slider being operative for meshing to each other the first and second teeth when the first and second teeth move together relative to the first channel from the first channel wide end to the first channel narrow end and for separating from each other the first and second teeth when the first and second teeth move together relative to the first channel from the first channel narrow end to the first channel wide end, the second slider being operative for meshing to each other the first and second teeth when the first and second teeth move together relative to the second channel from the second channel wide end to the second channel narrow end and for separating from each other the first and second teeth when the first and second teeth move together relative to the second channel from the second channel narrow end to the second channel wide end;
• the first and second sliders being mounted to the first stringer with the first and second channel narrow ends facing each other, the first and second channel wide ends facing respectively the first tape first and second ends;
• wherein, with the first and second stringers detached from each other, the first and second stringers are attachable to each other by inserting the second stringer in the first and second channels and then meshing together the first and second teeth using one of the first and second sliders while starting at either one of the first tape first and second ends;
• the body further comprising a second slide fastener similar to the first slide fastener between the body second and third panels and extending between the body first and second ends to allow selective attachment of the body second and third panels to each other and detachment of the body second and third panels from each other.