ISABELLA INZINNA
Staff Writer
There’s an age-old issue that anyone who wears women’s clothes struggles with.
Something that, for whatever reason, we can’t seem to fix.
An issue that many people are very familiar with:
Pockets.
Everyone loves pockets, they’re very handy. With a good pocket, you can eliminate the need for a backpack.
If you can fit your phone, wallet and keys all in your pockets, it’s more convenient.
The question here is, why do women’s clothes never have pockets? Or sometimes, clothes designers even have the absolute nerve to give us fake pockets.
What’s up with that?
We have just as many things to carry as anyone else. And yet, the pockets we get are so small they can’t fit anything.
But then, there’s so many things that have pockets with no need for pockets.
For example, baby clothes.
Why do baby clothes have pockets?
What are they really going to do with them?
Stuff random food and dirt in them?
Babies have literally nothing to carry and get more pockets than grown women.
Who decided that? What conscious adult made that decision?
Also, why did pockets in skirts only just become popular? I remember five years ago, having pockets in your skirt was a massive flex.
People wearing skirts, (including myself), would be like, “y’know the best thing about this skirt?… IT HAS POCKETS!” WHY WAS THIS SUCH A BIG INNOVATION???
But can we talk about the pockets we do get?
There are three ways to categorize pockets.
The first category of pocket is very common, a small pocket.
This type has barely any room to hold anything, hence why women resort to purses and backpacks.
Just the other day, I tried to put my phone in the front pocket of my jeans.
I couldn’t even fit half my phone into my pocket. I couldn’t even take a step without my phone getting pushed out of my pocket.
The second category of pocket is very, very rare: a good pocket. Good pockets have actual room and can fit everything you need.
I only find these types of pockets on clothes that are gender neutral or men’s clothing. I feel like that says something about fashion’s thoughts on women.
The third category of pocket, the most infuriating pocket: fake pockets.
More common than they ever should be.
What is the point of making a pair of jeans that looks like it has a pocket, only to sew said pocket shut? Why can the pocket not just exist at that point?
I will never understand the concept behind these stupid, sewn-shut pockets. They’re absolutely ridiculous.
The disappointment when buying anything and you realize the pocket is sewn shut. At that point it becomes a question of if the clothes are cute enough to sacrifice pockets.
We shouldn’t have to choose between cute clothes and clothes with pockets. They should be one and the same!
We deserve better.
We deserve pockets.
Not just any pockets, but the good ones. The ones that let you go out without a purse or backpack.
Enough with the silly, tiny pockets or the annoying fake pockets.
The question is, who will be brave enough?
Stand with me, to protest!
It’s time we fought for our right to acceptable pockets!