These are kinda just skinny cargo pants, no?
On Trouser Pockets
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#172>"Appendix: Sam, have you simply invented cargo pants? >No. Cargo pants are fashion-as-pretend-occupation — when not at work, wear a fancy chronometer to suggest you’re a pilot or a diver, or camo to suggest you’re in the military. Cargo pants are a paratrooper costume. Cargo shorts have giant external pouches so teenagers in the 90’s, trapped in school, could say (sartorially) “I go out into the world and do adventu…
Funny enough the designer in the video you mentioned has specifically perfected the phone pocket already. https://imgur.com/a/NgzjJP7
Those pockets are quite ugly though. The huge flap, the gaping phone slit. The advantage of the ones in the original article is they are pretty invisible.
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I don't think you missed the mark. Some people just like military cosplay a lot and get offended when you call out what they're doing.
I'll agree cargo pants are military cosplay if you'll agree that denim jeans are cowboy cosplay.
Better comparison: trousers are how middle (and upper middle) class Americans cosplay as their millionaire (and billionaire) CEOs.
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#174This is cool. Living in South Africa where the crime rate is ultra-high, the first thing that occurred to me was that this pocket design looks like it might be easier to pick-pocket while standing?
This would make pick-pocketers' life easy .
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#175Carhartt makes pants with a "cell-phone" pocket that approximates the author's design. They're great -- they've become a stalwart in my rotation. Durability is mixed, but I'm in love with the pocket.
https://www.carhartt.com/products/Rugged-Work-Khaki-Pant-100...
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#176>"Appendix: Sam, have you simply invented cargo pants? >No. Cargo pants are fashion-as-pretend-occupation — when not at work, wear a fancy chronometer to suggest you’re a pilot or a diver, or camo to suggest you’re in the military. Cargo pants are a paratrooper costume. Cargo shorts have giant external pouches so teenagers in the 90’s, trapped in school, could say (sartorially) “I go out into the world and do adventu…
I ain't seeing that rant about cargo pants in the article: > Appendix: Sam, have you simply invented cargo pants? > No. Cargo pants solve different problems for different people. > If cargo pants are appropriate for your daily life, you definitely don’t want or need my side-seam welt pockets; and vice-versa. Cargo pants aren’t office-wear; these dress pants aren’t combat-wear. Maybe the author softened the language t…
I did.
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#177Actually - what you have done is recreated the pockets on the LuLuLemon workout gear for ladies. If you have not seen them - women love them. And the pocket is slightly higher than yours. (I love your design, FYI) But go look at high-end womens workout clothes for pocket ideas too. Also, while youre at it, the How I built this podcast with the founder of LuLuLemon is a really fascinating listen. Personally - I am sta…
It's there on some mens items too! My lined shorts have a nice stretchy pocket on the side of the thigh and it works great.
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> And I view the gamer loop as about as useful as the coin pocket: purely decorative in nature. I use the coin pocket extensively: for coins, medicine, chewing gum etc.
What medication are you able to fit in a coin pocket? Everything I've ever taken is either bottled, in a large blister pack, or I need more than I could reasonably fit inside that tiny pocket
Not OP, but my medication's blister pack is perforated so I can break off one pill.
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#180I am sorry, Sam. You just reinvented cargo pants . :P
Only for the most broad definition of cargo pants. Cargo pants are a style that emphasizes the size and bulk of the pockets to telegraph maximum utility. That is definitely not the case here. These seemed to be intended to provide a balance of utility with only minimal bulk. I have had various pants over the last 15 years or so with variations of this pocket. When wearing them I keep my phone there and it is a relief…
It was a bit tongue in cheek but the actual gist of my comment was (as demonstrated by the deluge of suggestions, especially hicker's and carpenter's styles) is that there was not enough investigation for prior art unless the whole piece was an attempt to get HN to provide it.