The Secret of Velcro Many everyday devices used in modern society have their roots in simple beginning One man's innate curiosity led to a tiny invention that almost everyone takes for granted today. When we put on our clothes we use buttons, buckles, zippers, straps and Velcro to hold our clothes together. Prior to the invention of safety pin Velcro, it was common to use brooches as clothing fastener. Then the a first called the miracle fastener, came along in 1849. But all of these we supplanted by the invention of Velcro