Close your zip.

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"Your jacket's zip is open close it."

"Your pant's zip is open close it."

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I would say the person's zip is undone, though I would only regard it as worth mentioning in the second case- the first is a matter of preference.
 

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In both cases you need a full stop (period) after 'open'.
 
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In AmE, it's a zipper​.
 

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In BrE, it would be natural to say "Your jacket zip's undone. Do it up."
 
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Growing up in a farming community, I learned, "Your barn door's open!" We didn't care about jacket zippers...
 

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"Your zip or zipper is undone do it up."

"Do up your zip or zipper."
 

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"Your zip or zipper is undone. Do it up."
 

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Growing up in a farming community, I learned, "Your barn door's open!"

For some eccentric reason, there's egg on your chin has the same meaning in BrE.
 

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What's a fly then? As in 'zip your fly'.

It's a fly, but we expend an extra word in that statement. We say zip up your fly.
 
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