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The Reason Behind Fashion’s Most Infuriating Design Flaw
A Clothing Mystery Centuries in the Making Where Are the Pockets?
Some design choices for clothing can leave you scratching your head, wondering why certain decisions were made. You’ve probably noticed that many pieces of women’s wear do not have pockets, and when they do, they’re
large pockets were sewn directly into women’s clothing, but that trend didn’t last long. Eventually, someone (probably a man) determined that pockets ruined the female silhouette,
and they effectively disappeared from women’s garments. To the dismay of many women nationwide, big pockets (or any pockets) have remained incredibly rare on women’s clothing. WHAT ABOUT THE TINY POCKET? Men’s and women’s jeans both commonly have a small pocket within one of the front pockets. While you may keep spare change in it or a golf tee when out on the course, you may have wondered what the initial purpose was. When Levi Strauss & Co. first designed their iconic denim pants in the 1870s, they intentionally added an extra pocket to accommodate pocket watches. Even as pocket watches faded into obscurity, the pocket remained.
considerably smaller than those in men’s clothing. Let’s dive deeper into how this came to be.
WHERE ARE THE POCKETS? To understand the dilemma with
pockets in women’s clothing, one must go back to the late 1600s. At that time, women’s fashion consisted of long, bulky, flowing dresses. They had no built-in pockets, so women wore belts with attached pockets under their skirts that remained invisible to passersby. As fashion evolved and purses became popular, the need for discreet storage waned, and dresses became smaller. There was a brief period in the 18th century when
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