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A pocket is a bag- or envelope-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an article of clothing to hold small items. Pockets are also attached to luggage, backpacks, and similar items. In older usage, a pocket was a separate small bag or pouch.

Origins[edit]

Ancient people used leather or cloth pouches to hold valuables.^[1]Ötzi (also called the 'Iceman'), who lived around 3,300 BCE, had a belt with a pouch sewn to it that contained a cache of useful items: a scraper, drill, flint flake, bone awl, and a dried tinder fungus.^[2]

In European clothing, fitchets, resembling modern day pockets, appeared in the 13th century. Vertical slits were cut in the super tunic, which did not have any side openings, to allow access to purse or keys slung from the girdle of the tunic.^[3] According to historian Rebecca Unsworth, it was in the late 15th century that pockets became more noticeable.^[4] During the 16th century, pockets increased in popularity and prevalence.^[4]

In slightly later European clothing, pockets began by being hung like purses from a belt, which could be concealed beneath a coat or jerkin to discourage pickpocketing and reached through a slit in the outer garment.

In the 17th century, pockets began to be sewn into men's clothing, but not women's, which continued to be tied on and hidden under the large skirts popular at the time.^[5][6]

The word appears in Middle English as pocket, and is taken from a Norman diminutive of Old Frenchpoke, pouque, modern poche, cf. pouch. The form 'poke' is now only used in dialect, or in such proverbial sayings as 'a pig in a poke'.

Historically, the term 'pocket' referred to a pouch worn around the waist by women in the 17th to 19th centuries, mentioned in the rhyme Lucy Locket.^[7] In these pockets, women would carry items needed in their daily lives, such as scissors, pins and needles, and keys.^[8]:113

Types[edit]

A watch pocket or fob pocket is a small pocket designed to hold a pocket watch, sometimes found in men's trousers and waistcoats and in traditional blue jeans.^[9] However, due to the decline in popularity of pocket watches, these pockets are rarely used for their original intended purpose.

A besom pocket or slit pocket is a pocket cut into a garment instead of being sewn on. These pockets often have reinforced piping along the slit of the pocket, appearing perhaps as an extra piece of fabric or stitching. Besom pockets are found on a tuxedo jacket or trousers and may be accented with a flap or button closure.

Camp pockets or cargo pockets are pockets which have been sewn to the outside of the garment. They are usually squared off and are characterized by seaming.^[10][11]

A beer pocket is a small pocket within a jacket or vest sized specifically for transporting a bottle of beer. It came into fashion in the 1910s in select areas of the American midwest, prior to Prohibition, after which it faded into relative obscurity before experiencing minor revivals in the 1980s and early 2000s.

Examples of pocket designs[edit]

Pocket Knife

In some of the following illustrations, a folded blue handkerchief is included for illustration purposes:

• Patch pocket with pocket square

• Patch pocket with topstitching

• J patch pocket

• Flap pocket

• Buttoned-flap patch pocket with box pleat

• Sideseam pocket

• 'Smile' slit pocket with piping and arrowhead reinforcements, typical of Western wear

• Welt pocket

• Stand or single-welt pocket

• Slant-front pockets

• Coin pocket on left front pocket

• 18th century-style hanging pockets

• Parts of a tailored pocket

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'A History of Handbags'. Random History. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
2. ^'The Belt and Pouch'. South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. Archived from the original on March 11, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
3. ^Cunnington, C. Willett; Cunnington, Phillis (1969). Handbook of English Medieval Costume. Plays Inc.
4. ^ ^abUnsworth, Rebecca (2017-09-01). 'Hands Deep in History: Pockets in Men and Women's Dress in Western Europe, c. 1480–1630'. Costume. 51 (2): 148–170. doi:10.3366/cost.2017.0022. ISSN0590-8876.
5. ^'The Sexist, Political History of Pockets'. Racked. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
6. ^Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum (2012-09-17). 'Wearing Pockets'. www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
7. ^'Historic New England: Defining the Past. Shaping the Future'. Spnea.org. Archived from the original on 2001-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
8. ^Weissman, Judith Reiter. (1994). Labors of love : America's textiles and needlework, 1650-1930. Lavitt, Wendy. New York: Wings Books. ISBN0-517-10136-X. OCLC29315818.
9. ^Levi Strauss & Co. Unzipped Team (17 April 2014). 'Those Oft-Forgotten Pant Parts'. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
10. ^'What is 'Camp Pockets' - Definition & Explanation'. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
11. ^'Glossary of fashion design terminology at Dress King'. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

Further reading[edit]

• Picken, Mary Brooks (1957). The Fashion Dictionary. Funk and Wagnalls.
• 'Pockets'. Fashion & Jewellery Features. Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

External links[edit]

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