It has been 0️⃣ days since I was bamboozled by fake pockets, something not one woman on earth has ever wanted

[debby@hear-me.social]

@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/

[gsuberland@chaos.social]

@max @D_J_Nathanson @0xabad1dea yes, and it's very confusing if you don't know about it.

[discontinuity@infosec.exchange]

@D_J_Nathanson @gsuberland "because it hangs better"

[herdingbats@bigshoulders.city]

@D_J_Nathanson @gsuberland so that it drapes nicely (but if you’re willing to give that up you can get pockets). #justthemessenger

[soozcat@vmst.io]

@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

[soozcat@vmst.io]

@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.

[noisypegasus@equestria.social]

@0xabad1dea
The most heroic thing about Kim Possible is that she has pockets

[shadowinthevoid@topspicy.social]

@0xabad1dea all of the accusations of witchcraft, none of the practicality

[spartan_1986@infosec.exchange]

@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.

[yukijoou@fedi.kemonomimi.gay]

@0xabad1dea i had pants with real pockets turned fake. they sew the real pockets closed. you can't make this shit up

[itsmemariamarie@mastodon.social]

@0xabad1dea

[tesstherefusinggirl@lea.pet]

@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange any person that designs womens clothing with fake pockets should never be allowed to have real pockets ever again

[alsopaisleycat@tenforward.social]

@yukijoou

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.

@0xabad1dea

[bougiewonderland@freeradical.zone]

@D_J_Nathanson @0xabad1dea plus, as far as I know, dudes don’t really use the outside pockets, so that minimizes the annoyance factor

[yukijoou@fedi.kemonomimi.gay]

@AlsoPaisleyCat @0xabad1dea oh no, it was stitched extremely tight, same stitching as the rest!

and it was a very cheap, possibly fast-fashion item

[social_recluse2@mastodon.social]

@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@infosec.exchange]

@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.