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

[grendel1031.livejournal.com]

A similar thing occurred a year or so ago in men's pants. My wallet no longer fit comfortably in my back right pocket, which is where it belongs. Now, neither my butt nor my wallet has grown significantly between trouser purchases, so the fault lies with the designers.

I agree. NOT BIG ENOUGH!