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Patch pocket with topstitching and bar tacking on the back of a pair of blue jeans. A pocket is a bag- or envelope-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an article of clothing to hold small items. Pockets are also attached to luggage, backpacks, and similar items. In older usage, a pocket was a separate small bag or pouch.
The pocket watch has regained popularity with the steampunk subcultural movement embracing the arts and fashions of the Victorian era, during which pocket watches were nearly ubiquitous. [ 16 ] In animated films and video games , especially within the fantasy genre, devices resembling pocket watches commonly represent objects with the ability ...
In modern trousers, men's models generally have pockets for carrying small items such as wallets, keys or mobile phones, but women's trousers often do not – and sometimes have what are called Potemkin pockets, a fake slit sewn shut. [66] If there are pockets, they are often much smaller than in men's clothes. [66]
A brief history of women’s pockets. According to Hannah Carlson, a senior lecturer of apparel design at Rhode Island School of Design and the author of Pockets: ...
Decoding the secret feminist history behind everyone’s favorite form of personal storage. Here’s why pockets are seemingly everywhere in 2023.
In early modern Europe, when women's fashions moved in the direction of using small ornamental purses, which evolved into handbags, men's fashions were moving in another direction. Men's trousers replaced men's breeches during the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, and pockets were incorporated in the loose, heavy material. This enabled men ...
The large pockets characteristic of cargo pants were originally designed for British forces to hold field dressings, maps, and other items. The concept was copied in the U.S. Paratrooper uniform to allow more room to hold K rations and extra ammunition. [3] Cargo pants were a popular fashion trend in the early 2000s. [4]
Pickpocketing "Dandy PickPockets Diving: Scene Near St. James Palace" (1818) by I. R. Cruikshank. Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time.