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It’s a sad meme, and a real struggle for women who don’t want to drag a bag with them everywhere, that trousers and skirts/dresses have inadequate or even fake pockets.

One could argue that it’s an economic equality issue at some level, requiring women who wish to function in the word carry an extra and usually expensive for its function bag, when menswear has plenty of pockets.

In cooler weather, I use a trucker jacket. (By the way, Levi trucker jackets for women also have significantly smaller pockets, too. Grrr)

My personal needs are simple. Lip balm stick, keys, wallet phone. My want includes room for a paperback (old school, not a trade paperback...that’s a different “why?”), and a slim water bottle. The jacket does this, but what happens in 80f+ weather? (27C plus)
My keys and wallet are actually on the same carabiner.
I have a couple pair of trousers that can almost accommodate that.

Why should I have to use something that attracts thieves, costs me additional money, and often is a pain to keep seated on my shoulder because of my biological sex structure?
Hands free is a necessity!

I can, on occasion, fit menswear and boys wear. I’m not curvy as far as trousers go. It’s almost privilege level.
I can, on occasion, find a dress with a couple pockets.
I own a festival belt, but it causes weird micro changes in gait, and I develop muscle tension similar to police who wear equipment belts.


Free The Hands!
 

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I was still pretty young when I got my first pair of "ladies" jeans. I used to wear little boy jeans because they wore better on the ranch.

I was upset because of the stupid pockets. I asked my Mum what happened to the pockets, and she replied "Ladies do not need pockets." Sounded like a statement of fact to me, but I thought it was stupid.

When I was on job sites I wore cut off jeans most of the time. No one knew they were men's jeans. I'd buy 30 inch waists because they gave me more room to adjust. And I didn't care the length because I'd cut the legs off. I still wear them to do yard work now.
 

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It's a real issue, back in the day when I was studying fashion and training as a dressmaker I queried this often. I was always told that the mainstream fashion designers put pockets in for style and not to be functional, basically they don't want us putting things in our pockets and running the lines and look of what they've designed : unamused:
My personal look and fashion choices have changed a lot over the years, probably the most practical for pockets is when I've gone thru more grungy styles and punk.
It's never been easy tho especially having wide hips and too much butt to use pockets even if they're there, I'm not a great fan of bags myself, I kinda like them but don't like carrying them around. Most of the time being curvy and having far more than my share of boobies I kinda store my essentials in my bra, my friends often compare my bust with Mary Poppins bag coz of what I keep in there. I'm usually stowing my phone, ciggies, lighter, purse, keys, a drink or alcohol, lippy and yes even a book sometimes Lol. I guess it's become a habit just to tuck things away there.
 

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When I'm not wearing leggings I'm wearing men's pants. Leggings don't have pockets but I generally don't need them. My backpack doesn't bother me to carry and it wasn't expensive. It's durable and I've had it for years.

Fuck style. I'm comfortable. Always. Try to be anyway..

Still... Women's clothes need to have fucking pockets for women who don't just want to wear fits/cuts the don't find comfortable or attractive.
 

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I see style as something you have and fashion as something you follow.
I have style. I don’t follow fashion. Unless 1967 and it’s rehashes come back around. I’m “in fashion” every seven years or so.

I don’t want to NEED to carry a daypack. My goodness, it’s lip balm, wallet, keys, phone. Why should I need a bag? I’ve minimalized the carry a lot. I’m working on slimming the wallet. (It’s a multi slot card carrier with space for folded cash, now. I’m trying to come up with something slimmer)
 
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When Pet pointed this out it blew me away. It make NO SENSE! Zero sense at all. The argument from designers that it messes up “style” is complete bullshit.

When shopping for Pet’s clothes we will intentionally look for pockets. It’s both adorable and sad AF how excited she will get “Oooo there are pockets!” Adorable because she just is, but sad because something so basic shouldn’t be a treasure.
 

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When I'm not wearing leggings I'm wearing men's pants. Leggings don't have pockets but I generally don't need them. My backpack doesn't bother me to carry and it wasn't expensive. It's durable and I've had it for years.

Fuck style. I'm comfortable. Always. Try to be anyway..

Still... Women's clothes need to have fucking pockets for women who don't just want to wear fits/cuts the don't find comfortable or attractive.

Don’t hate me, but I have a pair of thick, meant to be outer layer leggings with four pockets.
 

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Interesting...is there any significant credence to women not wanting the bulges and seam lines that come with full size pockets on form fitting pants driving this, or is that just part of the cyclical cultural imperatives that push women to carry bags/purses?
 

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Gonna start a company that makes pockets. Velcro pockets will be the base model. With other attachment points developed as research and market reaction provides feed back.

Like, really...how obstructive to the silhouette is a pocket. Women aren't crossing the desert. We just want someplace for keys, monies and a phone. Possibly chapstick.

Tinfoil Theory: men are afraid of what women might have in their pockets.:neutral: That mystery is power. I suspect most men fear women having six inch rulers in those forbidden pockets. That's why women's pockets are usually like two inches deep. "You measured wrong" ;):rolleyes::joy:

Subvert the patriarchy. Demand pockets. Put really nonsensical items in those liberation pockets.
 

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I really don't understand this, are women genetically predisposed to not wanting to carry shit around?
Maybe it’s the biologically forced uterine backpack aspect.
 

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Gonna start a company that makes pockets. Velcro pockets will be the base model. With other attachment points developed as research and market reaction provides feed back.

Like, really...how obstructive to the silhouette is a pocket. Women aren't crossing the desert. We just want someplace for keys, monies and a phone. Possibly chapstick.

Tinfoil Theory: men are afraid of what women might have in their pockets.:neutral: That mystery is power. I suspect most men fear women having six inch rulers in those forbidden pockets. That's why women's pockets are usually like two inches deep. "You measured wrong" ;):rolleyes::joy:

Subvert the patriarchy. Demand pockets. Put really nonsensical items in those liberation pockets.
Magnetic. Velcro ruins silhouettes.
And I’d totes invest in Liberation Pockets.
 

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There's been quite a bit debate about this from an Expat in Mexico FB group I used to belong to. Purse snatching is a thing in many places. I made the comment to try carry your wallet in your front pocket. It was then I realized the issue was real.
 

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When Pet pointed this out it blew me away. It make NO SENSE! Zero sense at all. The argument from designers that it messes up “style” is complete bullshit.

When shopping for Pet’s clothes we will intentionally look for pockets. It’s both adorable and sad AF how excited she will get “Oooo there are pockets!” Adorable because she just is, but sad because something so basic shouldn’t be a treasure.

I found a perfect pair of black trousers in the thrift store. Even the length. I’m 5’2”, that’s amazing to have every dimension fit.
$3, and half off color tag.
No fray, no weak fabric, no pilling. And then...I tested the pocket. Sewn shut. Poop.
Turn trousers inside out. No pocket attached. Fraaacccckkkkkk.
Left on hangar.
 
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I found a perfect pair of black trousers in the thrift store. Even the length. I’m 5’2”, that’s amazing to have every dimension fit.
$3, and half off color tag.
No fray, no weak fabric, no pilling. And then...I tested the pocket. Sewn shut. Poop.
Turn trousers inside out. No pocket attached. Fraaacccckkkkkk.
Left on hangar.

Damn it all