Women's minuscule pockets favor fashion over function – and it sucks.

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It turns out that women went from having what some might call “superior” pockets to the ridiculously tiny versions we have today. We’ve been asking for better pockets since the beginning of the 20th century, but somehow, not much has changed. What’s the hold up?

You can find The Pudding's pocket eye-opening sizing interactive – made by Jan Diehm and Amber Thomas – here: [ Ссылка ]

If you liked this video, check out this article from Racked on the role of pockets during the suffrage movement: [ Ссылка ]  

And if you’re interested in the long history of women’s pockets you can check out: “The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660-1900” by Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux (published by Yale University Press): [ Ссылка ]

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