Pockets!

[redbird]

I've spent what feels like an inordinate amount of time not trying on pants lately--I keep going into stores, sticking my hand into pockets, and moving on to the next style.

For some reason--payoffs from the pickpocket and purse-snatching lobbies, perhaps--almost every manufacturer seems to be making the front pockets on women's trousers 1/3 to 1/2 the size they were a year ago. This is not big enough. My wallet should not stick out of my pants pocket.

I've looked at jeans and several other styles, from a variety of manufacturers, in a variety of stores. Also a catalog: after one disappointment, I'm not prepared to order pants from a catalog without speaking to a customer rep and asking how deep and wide the front pockets are. (Yes, that includes styles you've been satisfied with in the past, because it includes a style I've been satisfied with in the past and got burned by.)

I feel rather like Yossarian--that they're doing this to other people doesn't make me feel any less persecuted.

[That, plus a disappointing goat curry lunch purchased because I wanted something comforting after the latest clothing shopping attempt, is what prompted me to buy extra userpic space.]

Comments

[pameladean]

I hate clothing manufacturers so much. It's as if the fact that real people with opinions are going to wear their productions were a mere irrelevant by-issue.

That said, Deva Lifewear's pants have pockets, some of them quite deep. I can put an entire 20-oz bottle of water in the front pocket of their Freedom Pants, and they have several other styles without the funny elastic anklebands that also have side pockets that deep.

www.devalifewear.com/

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[redbird]

I'm trying to remember what I disliked about the Deva pants I bought a decade or more ago (I'm quite happy with their shirts); I have a vague feeling that the deva cloth rubbed unpleasantly against my thighs. Oh, and the "unisex" pants didn't have adequate hips for me, if I recall correctly.

But yes, if/when I gird my loins to call a catalog company, they're definitely on the list.

[pameladean]

They've expanded their range of fabrics a bit, though I hope it won't turn out that comfy fabrics don't come with big pockets.

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