Pockets around the web: Essay on why girls need pockets

The Washington Post has a nice essay on the importance of pockets for girls' freedom and independence.  Thanks, anonymous reader, for sharing!

Pocket reviews: new pants entries in the Spreadsheet of Pockets from my own closet with some commentary

I'm adding all of my newer pocketed purchases from the last year to the Spreadsheet of Pockets.  I'm going to write up a bit of commentary on the latest entries (rows 2-7).

My favorite in these rows is the striped slim fit jeans I got from Duluth Trading Company.  These were hearty pockets that I don't even want to modify.  I bought a size that just barely fit (they were on clearance and the last size left that was close), but next time I need pants I will be looking at theirs.

Many Eddie Bauer pants happily have curvy fit versions that actually fit me without tailoring or gaping around the waist.  This is a minor miracle.  Yet, they still have merely decent pockets that leave me plotting to cut the bottoms off to add a deeper pocket bag.  (But I'm lazy, so it hasn't happened yet.)  Yeah, they're sort of slacks, but one pair was TRAVEL pants.  It's baffling to me that an ostensibly outdoorsy company can't make their travel pants have fully satisfying pockets.  They just need a few more inches in the pocket bag to be as good as the Duluth Trading Co. jeans.  Oh well!

Old Navy Pixie Pants I probably wouldn't have tried but I needed yellow slim pants for a Halloween costume.  They also happened to have a linen version on sale so I bought that too as I have found every linen thing I've bought to be so nice and cool for biking and gardening and existing outside.  The pockets are awful and all need modification.  (The linen was great, though, and will be a favorite once I fix the pockets.)  The end.

Pockets around the web: "Women's Pockets are Inferior": an essay with DATA

Last year several of my friends and family sent me this amazing data-filled article giving very telling visuals of the inadequacies of women's pockets.  They sampled 20 popular US blue jean brands with a sample size of 80.  It is just as relevant today as it was last year.

Pocket review: Dickie's Women's Overalls

Long time, no blog.  I've got a number of new reviews (of both dresses and pants) saved up in my voluminous pockets.  But, today's pockets are not so glorious as I was hoping.

I ordered a size large in Dickie's Women's Denim Bib Overalls (color: medium stonewash).  I was immediately disappointed by the pockets.  They were barely deeper than your average disappointing blue jeans!  I should have tried the Carhartt's.

The two front slash pockets seem promising at 7 1/2" maximum depth and until you realize that the 6" diagonal edge reached to a minimum depth of 2".  My phone sticks out (and it did manage to stay in during various bending and activities) and I can get keys in the other pocket.  However, it'd be risky to try to do both keys and wallet in one pocket.  I will be sewing pocket extenders on to make them more functional.

I did find the front bib pocket held my wallet securely.  It's about 5" deep and 3 3/4" wide, with an adjacent pencil/pen pocket about 1 3/8" wide.  The corners are rounded.

The two back pockets are perfectly acceptable at 5 1/2" deep and wide.

Finally, there are bonus pockets on each leg towards the back/side.

On the wearer's left is a single 4 1/2" deep x 3 1/2" wide under the hammer loop.

On the wearer's right is a slightly larger one at 4 1/2" deep and 4" wide.  Behind it is a larger pocket with a slanted opening.  It makes 8" deep and slant opening of 3 1/2".  The lower part overlaps the top pocket so its lower dimensions are the same.

Pocket review: Gloria Vanderbilt Avery Slim Leg Pull On pants

I measured a size 8 specimen of Gloria Vanderbilt Avery Slim Leg Pull On Stretch jeans.  These pants are delightfully comfy in terms of their soft, stretchy material and I wear them often when it's cool out.  However, the front pockets were rather lacking (rating: terrible).  I could hold my keys in one pocket.  I had to put both my wallet and my phone in the back two pockets.  So, I could get away without carrying a bag, but I was always sitting on my phone and almost having it fall out if I bent or moved the wrong way.  I ended up adding "pocket extenders" to fix things up to acceptable levels of pocket storage.  They seem to be going out of season but I found one version on amazon that matched the fabric content (cotton, polyester, and spandex) so would have the same comfy stretch.

Before I modified the pockets, front pockets were about 2 1/2" deep at the side seam and 4 1/2" deep at most. The width at the bottom is 5 3/4".  The outer opening is 4 1/2" from rivet to rivet but curved. The right front also has a 2 1/4" wide coin pocket that is 2 3/4" deep.

The paler striped fabric are my pocket extenders.

The tape measure crosses the small right coin pocket.  There is no coin pocket on the left side.

The back pockets (two) each measure:  5 1/4" deep at middle, 4 1/2" deep at sides, 4 3/4 to 5" wide at the opening (it varied), and about 4 1/2" wide at the base.