Women S Clothing No Pockets

As the handbag industry began to grow pockets were no longer seen as a necessity for women.

Women s clothing no pockets. Then some 400 years ago pockets were sewn into men s clothing but this same feature was omitted from female garments in the early 1800s slimmer silhouettes came into style so women no longer could wear pockets under clothes but had to wear them over clothes. A very terrifying doll dating back to 1690victoria and albert museum. If you ve ever tried to stash your phone while hiking or running chances are you ve been more than slightly annoyed with the. There s no reason for women s pockets to be so small in fact there have been times in history when men and women actually had pockets that were the same size.

Pockets represented independence as did the pants women started to wear. They could be removed and worn with. Women s clothing became slimmer and slimmer relegating the pocket to yet again become a man s object. In this episode of everything should be better tristin hopper recounts how women s clothing lost their pockets and why we should bring them back watch the video above or read.

It s a frustrating mystery as to why most clothing designed for women doesn t include pockets or even worse has a fake pocket we re looking at you women s jeans. Centuries ago all clothing was created sans pockets. Women s clothes didn t really have internal pockets for most of history even while men s started appearing in the late 1600s. Take away pockets happily hidden under garments writes summers and you limit women s ability to navigate public spaces to carry seditious or merely amorous writing or to travel unaccompanied.

Everyone who wears women s clothing knows. I planned to do some real research b. Men and women carried their belongings in small pouches tied around the waist. A history of pockets pockets first appeared on waistcoats and trousers approximately 500 years ago.

Women in the 1600s wore pockets as a separate garment that hung between a petticoat and a skirt.