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Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by dan-robertson » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

ianhorn wrote: post #94

This is a cool exercise, but there's a broken assumption. Or an assumption of no outwear I missed: > Where is there enough support to prevent items swinging around uncomfortably? He answered this with a box basically around the thighs, but I'd also add the torso and maybe even the upper arms. A personal bugbear of mine is jackets without internal breast pockets. When you have one on each side of a jacket that isn't u…

I think it can be quite hard to make a jacket which won’t sag too much or have a weird weight distribution with things in the breast pocket. And you may get a visible lump depending on the size of the item and fit of the jacket (again large flat phones against a not-flat chest doesn’t help, and neither does the trend for clothing to fit quite tightly).

That said, I agree with you that internal pockets in jackets are great (though obviously it can be harder to access the contents once you have taken the jacket off).

I do also have a jacket with a pocket on the upper sleeve. It’s tiny and weird and basically useless and I’m not really sure what it’s for (credit card? Tiny MP3 player? If it were a skiing jacket then I might guess it was for a lift pass but it’s definitely not a skiing jacket and it’s a weird manoeuvre to try to get your upper arm to a reader at waist height) though sometimes I will put my keys there because their lumpy shape makes them uncomfortable in pockets closer to the skin and I rarely need to access them

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by eikenberry » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

I have Levi's and Dockers have pants that have a very similar pocket.

Levi Denizen 231; https://www.target.com/p/denizen-174-from-levi-s-174-men-s-a...

Dockers comfort cargo; https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Q8HM96

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by gshdg » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:08 PM UTC

This is not exactly revolutionary. I have multiple pairs of bike shorts with slim elastic pockets in that spot. (Actually, a few inches higher, which is easier to reach without bending, and doesn't get in the way any more than the proposed location.)

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by tomcam » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

I enjoyed his art greatly:

https://sambleckley.com/art/

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by quickthrowman » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:15 PM UTC

msla wrote: post #198

ebg13 wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely. At first I was intensely disappointed by the post ("why so wordy?", "why no pictures?"), but then I got to the design part and said "holy shit I want this". If people are happy with their cargo pants, no worries . It doesn't conform to a lot of current fashion aesthetic, but if that doesn't hit a person's radar, then cool, great. But a lot of people in the thread here are feeling attacked because someone…

This is denigrating cargo pants because they're associated with manual labor. It's classist, and, to some extent, racist.

Tradespeople generally don’t wear ‘cargo pants’ that you can buy at Kohl’s. They wear jeans or work pants from Dickies/Carhartt/Duluth Trading.

I manage tradespeople and go to job sites often.

Cargo pants to me are an unfortunate holdover from the 90s fashion worn by people who don’t particularly care about how they look. People wear clothes for various reasons, including utility.

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by darkerside » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:17 PM UTC

albntomat0 wrote: post #188

darkerside wrote: post #162

I agree with the baseline principles, but these pockets are at the edge of reach, which is far from convenient. I was sure they would end up with a waist level pocket, in a stretchy material, on top of the belt area.

Like a built in fanny pack?

Yeah! They're popular despite being universally derided. If someone can solve that style problem, I smell disruption.

There is a running "flip belt" that is also essentially the same thing. I haven't pulled the trigger, but it remains on my mind.

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by blacksmith_tb » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:24 PM UTC

repeek wrote: post #186

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #81

I have a similar pair from Duluth Trading[1], but what kills me is having the 'extra' pocket on only one side - I am sure that works perfectly for some, but for me, I very much want my phone on my left leg, it's like trying to unlearn a common key combo to have to look for it on the right. 1: https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-duluthflex-ballroom-slim-...

Check out their Engineer pants, they have that pocket on both sides. [1] 1. https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-duluthflex-fire-hose-rela...

Hmm, interesting (though apparently being closed out). To me that looks like a narrower pocket (they have a photo showing a boxcutter being put in it, I doubt a smartphone could be crammed in). It's also not 'stealth' in terms of looks, since the pocket is appliqued on the outside of the leg, instead of hidden inside.

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Post by mcbits » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:30 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #102

42droids wrote: post #82

I am only here to say: Put pockets on all women clothes!! Thank you.

And I'm here to say that phone companies should make smaller phones.

I'd like my "smartphone" to be a tiny nugget that can (with permission) pair up with any display nearby as needed.

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by Dumblydorr » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:34 PM UTC

I like the idea but why only show photographs from one angle? This is a clothing item, give us more pictures so we can see it from all sides and judge its aesthetics.

Re: On Trouser Pockets

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Post by miguelmota » Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:35 PM UTC

These pants look awesome. If there was a Kickstarter for these I’d place an order for a few. I like cargo pants because of the side pockets but dislike the bagginess and the other useless little pocket, so these are near perfect.