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Give women proper pockets

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scotsheather · 01/06/2018 16:17

Is anyone else still amazed that those making womens clothes still don't think of such little practicalities as deep pockets, even for coins, keys, maybe phone etc? You can be lucky with winter coats, but at this time of year you need a handbag or rucksack for your items, pain in the butt when you watch DH and DS slip stuff in their trousers and off they go. Some would say wear mens jeans, yeh if they fitted our figure thank you. But no, women have to be curvy and gorgeous and not have bulging pockets, or accept impractical clothing as par for the course.

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AlonsoTigerHeart · 01/06/2018 17:50

I get really excited when i find dresses with proper pockets.

Give women proper pockets
MigGril · 01/06/2018 17:47

I couldn't agree more, although I have found some outdoor trousers from mountain wherehouse that have lots of pockets in them. Great for even my mobile phone.

BarbaraOcumbungles · 01/06/2018 17:34

I raided our uniform closet at work and got some men’s trousers to wear as there were no women’s left. The men’s are better quality and have much better pockets which I can fit stuff in Shock

RatRolyPoly · 01/06/2018 17:32

Ah hah, surely something we can all agree on?!

SalveGrumio · 01/06/2018 17:31

It's the same with exercise gear. I bought some men's running shorts last year as I wanted longer ones. There are 4 pockets in them. My women's one has a tiny zip pocket barely big enough for a door key.

SomeDyke · 01/06/2018 17:29

"It’s so we can’t hide our seditious pamphlets."
You don't mean that females can read Shock

Who knows what terrible use they will make of that skill! The world is wobbling on its axis........................or is that just the Wine?

How did the suffragettes break windows without pockets to hide the half-bricks in? A brick in a bustle, or have I got my historical costumes confused.................

Ah this:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10304319709359451
shows flints in pockets, cricket balls, but hammers (hide in parcel) tool of choice for plate glass. And special trips to collect stones, you can't find them in London................And throwing lessons. Splendid women!

Gwynfluff · 01/06/2018 17:26

Second cos for dresses and been swooning over the pockets on my new Arket chinos. Also have a jacket from them with inside pocket for mobile!

DumbledoresApprentice · 01/06/2018 17:25

Forgot to add the skirt.

Give women proper pockets
DumbledoresApprentice · 01/06/2018 17:25

I have this uniqlo skirt in a couple of colours. Proper pockets bring me such joy.

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/06/2018 17:21

One of my pet peeves. I demand pockets. I sew, and everything I make is pocketed to within an inch of its life.

WhatTheWaterShowedMe · 01/06/2018 17:19

It’s so we can’t hide our seditious pamphlets.

DisturblinglyOrangeScrambleEgg · 01/06/2018 17:11

I once put on a pair of DP's jeans by accident, and first I was shocked at how little give there was in them, then I put my hand in the pocket and could barely reach the bottom.

I feel there must be a happy medium between that, and mine which even a credit card pokes out of.

UnnecessaryFennel · 01/06/2018 17:09

I never buy skirts or dresses that don't have pockets now. Once you have a pocket, you can't go back.

OutsideContextProblem · 01/06/2018 16:38

You are so so right. I’m not fussed about dress and skirt pockets - they’re cute but not useful except for hankies. But pockets for mobile phones, credit cards and building passes on the inside of jackets and coats are an absolute must have. Why do women not get these when men do? Jigsaw went through a brief phase of putting inside pockets in their jackets and coats and then they stopped again. This is a serious feminist issue and I’ll fight anyone who says it isn’t.

Floisme · 01/06/2018 16:32

Now this is a cause I can align myself to 100%.

Of course there is little incentive to include decent pockets when the same brand also sells bags.

I have a couple of men's jackets that I've had altered to fit and the pocket space is amazing. One has at least four on the inside alone Envy

Cos dresses are pretty good for pockets.

NoseringGirl · 01/06/2018 16:27

Yes!
Also the clothes with decorative pockets. WTF? Who thought of that? Pockets that are just for show?!
I'd also like inside pockets on coats while we're on this. I remember being jealous of my Dad when I was a kid because I thought he looked really cool when he took stuff out of his inside pocket. I've never had a coat with inside pockets!

Peanutbuttercups21 · 01/06/2018 16:26

Delphinium, haha my skirt is WhiteStuff indeed Grin

Peanutbuttercups21 · 01/06/2018 16:25

I am wearing a denim skirt with carpenter pockets Grin

Even my dresses and skirts have pockets

They exist

DelphiniumBlue · 01/06/2018 16:23

I absolutely agree!
Only this week I found out that men's jeans have much deeper front pockets tha n women's ones; even more annoying!n
On the plus side, some manufacturers are listening, stores like White Stuff have pockets on lots of their dresses.
I wonder how easy / difficult it would be to put in pockets .... Has anyone tried doing it themselves? I know that's not the point though, they should be there as a default.

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