Zip

Not to be confused with ZiT.

Type	BUSINESS
ZIPGash
ZIP logo in GTA V.
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto III GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories Grand Theft Auto V
Type	Clothing

Zip (known as Gash in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City) is a clothing store featured in the Grand Theft Auto series. The store is based on the Gap clothing store.

Description

GTA III and LCS

Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories introduce the Zip brand in Staunton Island, Liberty City. However, the locations of the stores are different; In 2001, the branch is located in Newport, and in 1998, the branch is located in Belleville Park. However, in both games, pedestrians carry shopping bags with the Zip logo on them and are usually seen in the Newport and Belleville Park districts of Staunton Island. The logo is also different, with the logo in 1998 having a much thicker font than in 2001.

GTA Vice City

A Gash store in the North Point Mall, Vice City

Gash is the re-branded Zip in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; however, there are Zip logos on some vans and on the Hotring Racer. There is a Gash store in the North Point Mall which pays protection money to Tommy Vercetti which also must be robbed to achieve 100%. The Casual Outfit is available outside the upstairs entrance. A hidden package can be picked up at the back of the upstairs West wing in the North Point Mall Gash store above the interior escalators.

In the scenery hundreds of feet above Vice City floats The Gash Blimp, a blimp which bears the Gash logo.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there are four Zip stores that can only be unlocked upon completing the mission Are You Going to San Fierro?. Players can buy various attires and clothing for Carl Johnson to wear to increase his sex appeal or other people's respect toward him. There is a building that is under construction in King's in San Fierro bearing a Zip logo. The building may be intended for another Zip store, although this is never confirmed throughout the game, as the construction never finished. It's also possible that the construction project is sponsored by Zip, or could quite possibly be the real Gap headquarters Zip is based from, because of the fact that the real Gap headquarters in San Francisco, CA was built right around the same time San Andreas takes place.

Grand Theft Auto V

Zip reappears in Grand Theft Auto V, albeit with a logo closer to Liberty City Stories'  logo. The store is inaccessible to the player and plays no role in the storyline whatsoever.

Locations

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Downtown Los Santos, Los Santos, San Andreas

Downtown San Fierro, San Fierro, San Andreas

Pilgrim/Starfish Casino, Las Venturas, San Andreas

The Emerald Isle, Las Venturas, San Andreas

King's, San Fierro, San Andreas (opening soon)

Grand Theft Auto V

ZIP 1.jpg

Prosperity Street Promenade, Del Perro.

Clothing

Item	Respect % +	Sex Appeal % +	Price
Torso
Blue Hoody	5	5	$65
Black Hoody	5	5	$65
Striped T-Shirt	5	5	$10
Brown Shirt	5	10	$40
Sky Blue Shirt	7	10	$40
Yellow Shirt	7	10	$40
Gray Shirt	7	10	$40
Plaid Shirt	3	0	$20
Cream Logo T	0	5	$35
Gray Logo T	0	5	$35
Jean Jacket	10	20	$90
Bowling Shirt	7	13	$70
Legs
Beige Khakis	10	10	$150
Olive Khakis	10	7	$150
Black Khakis	8	8	$150
Blue Khakis	8	7	$150
Beige Shorts	6	3	$80
Blue Shorts	6	3	$80
Shoes
Gray Boots	5	5	$125
Red Boots	5	5	$135
Brown Boots	2	4	$115
Hiking Boots	4	2	$110
Chains
Leaf Chain	2	1	$100
Gold Cuban	2	2	$350
Watches
Zip Blue	2	2	$100
Zip Gold	2	2	$220
Shades
Black Shades	2	2	$100
Brown Shades	2	2	$150
Hats
Black Sun Hat	2	2	$20
Plaid Sun Hat	2	2	$20
Cap	1	0	$40
Cap (Back)	1	0	$40
Cap (Side)	1	0	$40
Cap (Tilt)	1	0	$40
Cap (Up)	1	0	$40

Gallery

A ZIP customer roaming the streets of Staunton Island.

A Benson bearing the ZIP logo.

Three different ads for GASH as seen in the North Point Mall.

Two differing logos of GASH in GTA Vice City.

Side view of the blimp that hovers above Downtown Vice City.

Logo of ZIP in GTA San Andreas. The logo is more reminiscent to that of Gap.

A trailer with the ZIP logo.

Boxes of ZIP in the back of Landstalker.

Trivia

• Zip was originally meant to be available sometime before unlocking San Fierro, as seen in this screenshot of CJ wearing a plaid shirt and hiking boots while performing "Are You Going to San Fierro?".
• A few Gash shopping bags can be found in the Journalist's apartment in Manhunt.
• A billboard advertising Zip can be seen in the Rockstar Vancouver game Bully.
• In Beat Down: Fist Of Vengeance, there was a Zip store at Town Square of Las Sombras, though Beat Down: Fist Of Vengeance was made by Capcom.
• Zip sells a lot of khaki pants, therefore there is a pun for the khakis written on the wall of the Zip Store located in San Fierro saying 'With Five More Floors of Khakis'. The under-construction store in King's, north of the Doherty Garage, has a similar slogan; 'New Store Opening Soon, Six More Floors of Khakis'. The final two letters are smeared out so the last word reads 'khak', which is a homophone of 'cack', another term for excrement.
• While Gap may indirectly refer to the female vulva, the term Zip is believed to be an impression of a zipped vulva.
  • Gash, however, is slang for vagina. It also means a large, gaping wound.
• ZIP was meant to make an appearance as an available clothing store in GTA IV, but it was replaced with Modo.
• The original Zip logo is similar to the actual logo of GAP in real life.