RookLV
The Volatile MermaidFake pockets in women’s slacks are the pantriarchy. Thank you.
B’Mal Suj@OhNoSheTwitnt
I've never understood this.
I do believe you, mind you... but I don't understand.
Tattie (old account)@bmalsuj because it "ruins the line of the outfit" a.k.a. it's more important that the male gaze not be interrupted by the outline of a cellphone in a pocket than it is that a woman actually has a place to put her cellphone
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Klaasl@Tattie @bmalsuj @OhNoSheTwitnt
Appreciate the explanation as I wasn't tracking myself. I have a lot more respect and interest in individuals (both male and female) who dress functionally - in other words, KEEP THE POCKETS. They are extremely useful. :)
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KatAuntieNYC@NycAuntie @klaasl I would say that describing someone's outfit as "frivolous" is almost always rooted in femmephobia
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Photoist♾️@Tattie @klaasl @bmalsuj @OhNoSheTwitnt
You're just looking to start a fight over nothing. BLOCKED!
@Tattie @bmalsuj @OhNoSheTwitnt I'll admit I do have a bias towards function over fashion. I'm aware of this bias so do work to understand if present and tamp down. I live in Seattle where the majority of people seem to opt for jeans and fleece which is likely partly to blame :)
BillStewart415@Tattie @bmalsuj @OhNoSheTwitnt Men's off-the-rack jackets often have the side pockets lightly sewn closed, so there's a real pocket if you want it or you can skip it to keep the line of the outfit smoother and put your phone in the inside chest pocket.
But totally fake pants pockets? That's not only patriarchy, but patriarchy saying "Nyahh nyaah, the men get pockets and you don't!"
(I'm also annoyed that cellphone makers want to sell us phones that are too big even for men's pants pockets.)
@billstewart415 @Tattie @OhNoSheTwitnt
I think you underestimate the size of men's pockets.
Speaking as a man who wears men's clothing... I've not seen the phone I can't fit in my average pant pockets.
I can fit the small iPad (an old iPad Air I think is the one the kids play with?) in at least one pocket in some of my pants and shorts.
@bmalsuj @Tattie @OhNoSheTwitnt No, I'm a large man who wears men's clothing; my iPhone 8 is big enough to be annoying.
I've also had some jeans with the watch-pocket expanded to try to be a cellphone pocket, which stopped fitting a phone around iPhone 5 time, but are too deep for change or guitar picks (which is what I use the pocket for if I have it.)
One of my kilts had pockets that could easily fit an older Amazon Kindle, but not without banging around enough that it failed after a few days, which was annoying. The iPad's a lot sturdier.
I've also had some jeans with the watch-pocket expanded to try to be a cellphone pocket, which stopped fitting a phone around iPhone 5 time, but are too deep for change or guitar picks (which is what I use the pocket for if I have it.)
One of my kilts had pockets that could easily fit an older Amazon Kindle, but not without banging around enough that it failed after a few days, which was annoying. The iPad's a lot sturdier.
Tracy K@OhNoSheTwitnt It’s just one more way of mocking us. I take those fake pockets and make real pockets out of them. Nobody mocks a seamstress! #PocketsForAll
CatEyeJayne@OhNoSheTwitnt Thank you for saying this out loud! My mom has been screaming this for decades! And WHY don't women's winter coats have inside breast pockets?!!
paulend the handbag industrial complex
There's only one thing girls want. It starts with a P and ends in an S.
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LadyOzma@OhNoSheTwitnt so much this. Omg nothing infuriates me more. I once saw fake pockets DRAWN on and it was the height of offense and I went on a tirade right there in the mall to my male friend who then pulled a cookie out of his pocket and I was like “ok now I’m gonna kick your butt.”
progressiveartist@OhNoSheTwitnt Might be. But personally, I may be an outlier who prefers them without pockets. 🤷♀️
undead enby of the apocalypse@OhNoSheTwitnt I mostly wear skinny jeans and cargo pants and it’s always so jarring when I put on different pants and my pocket space increases or decreases from one extreme to the other
Sean Macツ@OhNoSheTwitnt
lol agreed! ❤️✌️ guys have that too, like in cowboy shirts. what the heck! with the same material they could have just made a pocket, lol!
lol agreed! ❤️✌️ guys have that too, like in cowboy shirts. what the heck! with the same material they could have just made a pocket, lol!
JessGioia@OhNoSheTwitnt I just got an admittedly free coat that has nice big side access pockets but on the coat front over the top of them is fake pocketry, and not just that the tailor stitching has been left in. Just fake pocket line & flap/buttons 🤬
I also bought rather expensive sustainably-produced jeans but the pockets were pathetic!!! My mobile would fall out! I ended up splitting the pouch open and adding panels to make them twice as deep. Now “man-sized” and mobile friendly 💪
I also bought rather expensive sustainably-produced jeans but the pockets were pathetic!!! My mobile would fall out! I ended up splitting the pouch open and adding panels to make them twice as deep. Now “man-sized” and mobile friendly 💪
S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻
Tamar Yellin@OhNoSheTwitnt Although every so often I think it's a fake pocket and I realize I just haven't opened it up (it has that thread closing it).
Officially-JoanneC@OhNoSheTwitnt YES YES YES !!!!
RGB805@OhNoSheTwitnt Those are not fake pockets. This is just in your imagination. Those pockets are a real as can be.
#gaslighting
#gaslighting
sodalis@OhNoSheTwitnt I agree! And on behalf of men, padded bras are false advertising!
Cath-in-a-Hat@OhNoSheTwitnt
Aaah! So true!
Aaah! So true!
Martin Rundkvist@OhNoSheTwitnt You could totally rap the line FAKE POCKETS IN WOMEN'S SLACKS over a beat.
dbmcd@OhNoSheTwitnt Agreed. Worse even than no pockets. Coming in 3rd are tiny useless pockets in *any* garment, but especially pants.
Lstn2urmama@OhNoSheTwitnt ... I hate fake pockets and was very disappointed when they shortened pant pockets and phone falls in toilet...Now I know why women started wearing men's pants
SISTRchi@OhNoSheTwitnt
. . . fer sure, they are!! Thank you!
. . . fer sure, they are!! Thank you!
Sharonbw stands with MinnesotaThey should be outlawed. I want pockets in everything!
MeganK💙💛@OhNoSheTwitnt It's bullshit. 😡
@OhNoSheTwitnt Fake pockets or shallow/flimsy pockets. Also, every "designer" who decides on colors for men's and women's jackets/parkas and uses the good color combos for the men needs to be punished.
Thomas H Jones IIWhat about fake pockets in men's blazers and suit-jackets?
Mauve@OhNoSheTwitnt and it too, must be abolished.
Coty Rosenblath@OhNoSheTwitnt People talk about “angry women”. I only recently learned of these fake pockets. Women should be so much angrier.
Purrdurabo@OhNoSheTwitnt I actually had a valid business idea of starting a seamstress outlet that specialized in putting descent sized pockets in women's clothing.
WriteOrDie@OhNoSheTwitnt Truest thing I've read today. Nonsensical. No pockets? Then skip the whole business. Like, WTH?
Timo Grün@OhNoSheTwitnt
“But if you had pockets, who would buy our Fendi knockoff purses?” 😏
“But if you had pockets, who would buy our Fendi knockoff purses?” 😏
Tofueater@OhNoSheTwitnt
I bought a sewing machine and can now have as many pockets as I want or at least as many as I have time to sew.
I bought a sewing machine and can now have as many pockets as I want or at least as many as I have time to sew.
Dana R Fisher@OhNoSheTwitnt absolutely 💯!
Patricklee@OhNoSheTwitnt I never understood those. Weird.
wellactually@OhNoSheTwitnt - also pockets too small to hold anything meaningful. What do they think we’ll put in there, a matchbook?