I’ve started wearing molle pouches on my belt, so I have pockets wether I’m wearing pants or not.
I’m currently carrying 2 water bottles, my phone, my work phone, sunglasses, and several tools that I need constantly.
highly recommend, just wish they were available in fun colors and designs instead of exclusively tacticool bullshit.
I’ve seen a few molle pouches in bright colors, but not too many styles.
If you can sew, I think you could have a hell of a time on Etsy until Vera Bradley releases a Molle collection, lol.
We do? Since when? Where can I buy it?
What’s hilarious is I was just laughing at a comment thread about someone sharing the “boxers are good for 4 days” flipping method lmao
Just seems unsanitary tbh
Are we doing performative outrage over pockets on women’s clothing again? Cool, cool.
Women wear clothing that is more form fitting, and stuff in pockets deforms the figure. That’s why purses are a thing. If you are hellbent on big pockets sporting goods stores have hiking trousers with big cargo pockets.
A “cell phone” still sounds like something you’d have hidden up your bum to me.
Please tell me those are not a real thing.
Those are definitely real. All my underwears (trunks) have 2 pockets each and I can put my phone in it. FYI, I’m from India
I don’t understand the use case. Do you often go around in only your underwear, over there?
Not really. Many times we wear something called dhoti on top of underwear (instead of pants). This dhoti does not have any pockets. In such cases, it will certainly help. Even when I wear pants over the underwear, having extra pockets is a luxury.
I’ve been given gifts of underwear with pockets. They might hold one of the old style cell phones, at the peak of ‘small is best.’
Hi. Person who has identified male my entire life here.
I have no idea what this “cell phone pocket” in underwear thing is about. Sounds like lunacy to me.
That said, give pockets to women who want pockets. It is baffling to me that this is still a thing.
I think I’ve seen them in some compression shorts so that you can run in loose mesh shorts. Can’t run with your phone in those.
Lots of pants out there that have pockets. They often choose not to buy them. And when they do, they put nothing in them.
For what it’s worth, according to my wife and 4 daughters it’s because it’s because if you put things in your pockets like guys do, it ruins the lines and look. And according to our oldest daughter, it’s why cargo shorts and pants look bad on men. And should never be worn.
If I’m in my underwear I’m not thinking of putting my phone in a pocket.
Not having underwear pockets are the only reason I’m not in underwear all the time at home.
the elastic is stretchy enough i just stick it in my waistband if I’m home in my undies and for some reason can’t just use my hand to hold it or put it on a surface of some kind.
Yeah but it keeps sliding down bit by bit with every step.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket
In medieval Europe, early pocket-like openings called fitchets appeared in the 13th century. These vertical slits, cut into the outer tunic, allowed access to a purse or keys suspended from the girdle beneath.[3] Historian Rebecca Unsworth notes that pockets became more visible in the late 15th century,[4] and their use spread widely in the 16th century.[4]
Later, pockets were often worn like purses on a belt, concealed under a coat or jerkin to deter pickpocketing, with access through a slit in the outer garment.
By the 17th century, pockets were sewn into men’s clothing, while women’s remained as separate tie-on pouches hidden beneath skirts.[5][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticule_(handbag)
A reticule, also known as a ridicule or indispensable, was a type of small handbag or purse, similar to a modern evening bag, used mainly from 1795 to 1820.[1]
The reticule became popular with the advent of Regency fashions in the late 18th century. Previously, women had carried personal belongings in pockets tied around the waist, but the columnar skirts and thin fabrics that had come into style made pockets essentially unusable.
Truly the devil’s panties.
If there was a market for it I’m sure some fashion company would jump on selling pants with pockets to women. It’s most likely women want to complain about this but won’t actually buy clothes with proper pockets
I know lots of women excited when they have clothes with functional pockets. If you want to get conspiratorial, the better reason to pick is bag sales.
I remember watching this TV fashion contest thing quite a long time ago. The host of this contest was this old, wrinkly French lady who was a long time veteran in women’s fashion (apparently).
So in the episode the upstart designers had to create… I think… Three fashionable pants for women. One of the contestants created all three of her pants with pockets, and I think one of them had some excessive pockets.
She was dismissed by the host immediately, before the model even wore any of the pants. Basically the episode was already decided, as that contestant got eliminated on the spot.
The reason? Well, that veteran fashion designer stated something along the lines of; “The female form is the most beautiful and powerful thing we have, and we can’t have pockets ruin that. It’s for women to accessorise with a handbag”.
This stuck with me for all these years, because I was so revulsed when I saw that. What a load of bullshit. A load of pretentious garbage.
Well now I have rage directed at some ancient French lady that I really don’t know what to do with.
She’s probably long dead. But her out-dated idealogies are probably still alive everywhere in fashion.
Not that I think she created that ideal. But she certainly did her part in propagating it.
Fucking scabs, I feel a similar sense of disappointment that I felt talking to women who said they didn’t vote for Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton because their voices were too shrill.
Truly the lapdogs of patriarchy.
Skill issue. Buy men’s clothes. Problem solved.
Why should women have to buy clothes that fit poorly and are uncomfortable just to get functional pockets?
To tank sales of women’s clothing without pockets? 🤷♂️
And uncomfortable? Please. Our clothes are comfy af. Even when I order online, comfort is never a complaint. I’ve had problems with fabric, size, colour, stitching etc but never about feeling comfortable.
Our clothes are comfy af
Not if you have curves, unfortunately. You can size up and belt down, but then you’re left with a ton of extra fabric wadded up around your waist and the belt buckle will ride up and pinch.
Fine. Wear cargo pants and rock the Kim Possible look.
All clothes are gender neutral clothes if you’re not a little bitch about it.
Codpieces are not gender neutral. Wearing a codpiece is a statement about your gender, no matter what it is.
Skill issue
Okay, let’s see you wear a codpiece in a way that does not say “I have a penis and I would like to draw your attention to it” or “I may not have a penis and I have feelings about that.”
Damn the prison of gendered fashion. Get a utility belt
This is like the tap water of comics, yum!!!
edit: lukewarm tap water
Just buy the pants that have pockets then, problem solved.
