Why Do Women’s Trousers Have Smaller Pockets?

Although there are various kinds of clothes for women today, the use of trousers is quite common. Their only inconvenience is their pockets. being too small it could be. In men’s trousers, this is the opposite; they have pockets big enough to put cell phone, wallet, money, key whatever they want.

Most women’s trousers compared to men’s It doesn’t even fit a cell phone. Moreover, almost every brand designs every women’s trousers in this way. The introduction of this design into our lives goes back centuries.

Before the pockets of the trousers, there were pouches that served as pockets.

In the 17th and early 18th centuries, jeans and pockets were not yet in sight, and they were fastened under skirts, trousers, or on belts. sacs was used. At that time, these pouches took on the task of pockets that we see in trousers, skirts and even dresses today.

People kept their money, keys, rings and other valuables in these pouches. pickpocketing idiom This is exactly where it entered our lives. The oldest meaning of the word pickpocket in history is also ‘purse thief’ passes as. Thieves were stealing people’s valuables by cutting the ties of these pouches, which were used instead of pockets.

However, the original purpose of pockets in jeans was not to ‘get rid of pickpockets’.

A client from Jacob W. Davis, who was then just a tailor a ‘solid’ trousers asked him to do it. After hearing this request, Davis went to Levi Strauss and bought denim fabric from him. The duo made some additions to strengthen the fabric and increase its functionality. One of these additions was pockets.

Levi Strauss and Jacob W. Davis patented these jeans they produced. Then the two names, which are now world-famous Partner of the Levis brand they are.

The pockets of the trousers were larger at first.

To prevent pickpockets and be more functional pockets are deeper had to. For this, a different fabric was used on the front pockets.

With the increase in demand for trousers, production also increased. In this way, people have to carry their valuables. not needing a pouch started.

So what happened that women’s pockets have become smaller?

It was not very common to wear trousers at first. In general, only men wore it, while women continued to wear skirts and dresses. The first women’s trousers produced, almost a man’s pants it was like.

Until the late 1800s, women’s pockets retained their size. If later suitable for women’s body shape new designs began to be produced and pockets became smaller and smaller.

When we came to the beginning of the 1900s, bags appeared.

When trousers, which are seen as men’s clothing, are loved by women, designers this time too. bags and wallets for women started to produce. With the widespread use of bags and wallets among women, the need for pockets decreased.

Pockets that are no longer needed have become smaller and even an image became. Of course, it is not difficult to guess that this situation benefits bag manufacturers. Today, almost every woman continues to carry a bag with her, even if she has a trouser pocket.

There are also different reasons why women have smaller pockets.

Women’s jeans are generally designed to be narrower and more body-hugging. For this reason, women’s clothing finer fabrics preferable. However, in order for the trousers to look more elegant, some things have to be sacrificed. For example, pockets.

If larger pockets were used in women’s trousers swelling, bulges and protrusions such as images that could disrupt the flow of the design.

As a matter of fact, women’s trousers are slightly different from men’s trousers in every sense.

In the vast majority of women’s trousers, it is designed to better fit the body and increase flexibility. some lycra used. For the same reason, the fabrics used in the pockets are also thinner has a structure.

Larger pockets can stretch, wrinkle and create a bad look for anything put in a pocket due to the material used. Let’s say a deep pocket is made from a thick fabric, this time it will cause potholes to form in the trousers that cover the body.

At the same time, pockets mean extra cost.

We have already mentioned that a different fabric is used in women’s pockets than that used in men. Of course, this also affects the cost of trousers, as it requires extra fabric. Smaller pockets, less fabric and cost means.

In other words, adding deeper pockets to women’s trousers is a challenge for manufacturers and designers in every sense. For this reason, women’s pockets today are compared to men’s pockets. 6.5% narrower and 48% shorter. As a matter of fact, although these rates vary, the situation is not much different in the back pockets, again with a more elegant design concern. As Christian Dior said “Men have pockets to put their stuff, and women have pockets for decoration.”

You can see what the tiny pockets and metal part in jeans do here: