abadideaIt has been 0️⃣ days since I was bamboozled by fake pockets, something not one woman on earth has ever wanted
Dave Nathanson@0xabad1dea Sometimes there are also fake pockets on men's suit jackets. This is not nearly as diabolical but it gives a taste of the exasperation.
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial@D_J_Nathanson @0xabad1dea or, worse, the thing where there are pockets but they tack them shut. I had a jacket like this for years and it wasn't until my wife (very talented sewist) looked at it that I found out it really did have pockets, it just needed 20 seconds with a seam ripper to "enable" them. baffling.
@gsuberland Just, why?
discontinuity@D_J_Nathanson @gsuberland "because it hangs better"
Soozcat@discontinuity @D_J_Nathanson @gsuberland In other words, so women's clothes are prettier and more presentable for "the male gaze." FUCK THAT I WANT FUNCTIONAL POCKETS
@discontinuity @D_J_Nathanson @gsuberland I can't do this now because there's no money coming in, but in the past I hired tailors to fix those useless short pockets and give me real ones. It's something I should learn to do myself. But it's not something I should HAVE to learn to do because garment makers won't do it themselves.
Tim McG@D_J_Nathanson @gsuberland so that it drapes nicely (but if you’re willing to give that up you can get pockets). #justthemessenger
Looking for explanations…I think that is about protecting them from getting caught & having the garment hanging better in shops. You’re meant to remove that tacking after purchase. I often feel tempted to tell people this when I see that they haven’t removed the tacking on a vent on a coat or jacket. (But I resist the temptation!)
max*ine@gsuberland @D_J_Nathanson @0xabad1dea this is normal for jacket pockets, they do it to make the dress look more shapely in the store. they expect you to cut them open so it should be very easy to undo, just cut one thread and pull it
Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️🌈@D_J_Nathanson @0xabad1dea plus, as far as I know, dudes don’t really use the outside pockets, so that minimizes the annoyance factor
@0xabad1dea so ridiculous! especially when they go to the effort of integrating the upper edge of a non-seamed pocket with a flap into the pattern, but then there's no actual pocket sewn in.
mem 🐕🏳️⚧️Either that or pockets so small because yeah no woman or anywho who wears "women's" clothes ever uses phone 😭
DJGummikuh@0xabad1dea I truely do not understand what the fuck the thought process was with those.
Debby ⁂📎🐧
@0xabad1dea This isn't accidental; it's a material manifestation of patriarchal norms embedded in everyday objects.
So Fight fake pockets ✊ ♀️
https://fashionmagazine.com/style/womens-pockets/
So Fight fake pockets ✊ ♀️
https://fashionmagazine.com/style/womens-pockets/
Noisy Pegasus@0xabad1dea
The most heroic thing about Kim Possible is that she has pockets
The most heroic thing about Kim Possible is that she has pockets
ShadowInTheVoid@0xabad1dea all of the accusations of witchcraft, none of the practicality
Stephen PerdueGive women pockets!!
Mark Bryant@0xabad1dea I feel you. I've a double-breasted pinstriped suit I absolutely love but the jacket has fake pockets. Gets me every stinkin' time. 😒
yuki - queen of the snow@0xabad1dea i had pants with real pockets turned fake. they sew the real pockets closed. you can't make this shit up
AlsoPaisleyCat 🇨🇦Many higher end tailored items, whether jackets or pants, have the pockets tacked shut to keep their shape in shipping and in stores. It also means that an alterationist can make changes around them without distorting the lines.
The stitches should be further apart to make it easier to rip them with a seam ripper.
@AlsoPaisleyCat @0xabad1dea oh no, it was stitched extremely tight, same stitching as the rest!
and it was a very cheap, possibly fast-fashion item
and it was a very cheap, possibly fast-fashion item
pinkmarie@0xabad1dea 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
tess the refusing girl: they put me back in 2d :((@0xabad1dea any person that designs womens clothing with fake pockets should never be allowed to have real pockets ever again
Independently Broke@0xabad1dea also diabolical; fake front pants pockets but real pockets in the back. Because of course I want my keys jabbing me in the asscheek whenever I sit down.
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)@0xabad1dea They’re coming for men’s pockets now as well.
I recently replaced my coat, which was ten years old and falling to pieces. When I bought it, every coat had two inside pockets, a few fancy ones had three (not ones I could afford). Now, most of them including ones from places like Moss Bros had one. The two side pockets are still there, but the fashion is now for the stupid diagonal ones that can hold half as much as proper ones.
I remain of the 19th century opinion that the skill of a tailor is measured by the number of pockets that they can insert without distorting the lines of a garment.