Pockets on Women's Pants

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Some can, some can't. Not to long ago, one of my students asked to borrow my pocket knife so she could open a pocket on her jacket (long story). Same student has also sewed pockets into her school uniform skirts.

I've also had suit's with pockets that were closed, and had to cut them open myself in order to use them.

It's a question of balance between utility and appearance. Women's fashion has seemed to prioritize a sleek look with no bulging pockets over the utility of actually having pockets. Men's fashion supports utility a lot more, although that's starting to pull back a little with backlash against cargo shorts (my mom and sister have been railing at me this summer to get rid of mine because it's not in fashion anymore!).

It's just like in designing a robot... there are tradeoffs with any design decision you make, and two people approaching the same problem can come to different decisions because their priorities are different.

Were cargo shorts ever in fashion? I thought they were in the socks with sandals category.