Fake pockets

[bimble]

They were cheap and i let my guard down, usually check for this before going to the till but ffs just got home with yet another pair of stupid pretend trousers with fake front pockets that i'll have to take back to the shop, again.
This has been an annoyance for at least a decade not sure when they started making them this way but .
There are things i need to know - basically the question is Why. If people want slim fitted troosers with no bulky pockets that i understand, but why would you want fake pockets (sewn to look convincingly like a pocket but nothing there at all, not even a token space to keep i dont know a miniature lipstick or a 5p coin).
Please help me understand whether there is actually a market for this or is it just a shitty cost saving exercise by evil clothes manufacturers.

poll. cant think of a comedy option right now am too cross.

 

[weltweit]

You are sure they are not just temporarily stitched up? .. some are, you remove the stitching and hey presto you have pockets

 

[bimble]

You are sure they are not just temporarily stitched up? .. some are, you remove the stitching and hey presto you have pockets

yes i am sure. you are describing proper trousers.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's a very odd thing to do to clothes. Makes no sense at all - not surprised you're annoyed.

 

[ice-is-forming]

*pah* I spit at your fake pockets! For they are an invention of the devil himself. Mark my words, the human race will have truely evolved when we begin to be born with pockets

 

[weltweit]

*pah* I spit at your fake pockets! For they are an invention of the devil himself. Mark my words, the human race will have truely evolved when we begin to be born with pockets

In which we can rear our young and a long tail to permit us to hop better

 

[ice-is-forming]

In which we can rear our young and a long tail to permit us to hop better

As if! No, they would be for carrying loose changes, bus passes and phones.. oh and keys.

 

[weltweit]

As if! No, they would be for carrying loose changes, bus passes and phones.. oh and keys.

If I could hop like that the last thing I would need is a bus pass !!

 

[BCBlues]

Why do jeans have that tiny pocket?

All trousers should have these, known as a Paddy Pocket in our family, and used for everything. Fake pockets are for Trump and his supporters.

 

[maomao]

I could not agree more wholeheartedly. I once ordered a hoody with zipped pocket from Jacomo. When it arrived it was barely even a pretend pocket. It was just a fucking zip sewn on. When I phoned them to complain they told me that I was welcome to return it. I don't think they really understood I was complaining that they made and sold such a thing in the first place. I have never used Jacomo again because of that one fucking hoody.

 

[bimble]

so 100% of people hate them, my research demonstrates. Not sure whether to be glad or even more cross.

 

[Rebelda]

Possibly worse, although fake pockets are an abomination, is pockets that are so shallow you can't safely put anything in them

My daughter's winter coat has a "pocket" that is just a zip. She was furious.

I demand pockets

 

[izz]

Pockets for the people !!

Fake pockets are an abomination.

 

[JimW]

We can start a campaign called Pockets of Resistance.

 

[TopCat]

In some garments I own a fake pocket looks right without the stretching potential of an actual pocket..
Mainly wool cardigans.

 

[BCBlues]

We can start a campaign called Pockets of Resistance.

How about forming a Pocket Picket line

 

[TopCat]

Just dont buy anything with fake pockets.

 

[Spymaster]

I’ve only ever come across one and that was a fake breast pocket on a blazer type jacket. I thought it was just sewn up, as many are, but it really was a spoof. I just took it back.

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[StoneRoad]

I really hate fake pockets ...

one of the local-ish alteration places had a lass working there who was a dad hand at inserting proper pockets, as well as zips.
sadly, the row of cabins were they were based has disappeared under an office block.

There's still a market for that skill ...

 

[pinkmonkey]

It's a cost saving exercise and it sucks. My other production cost saving pet hate (or rather it's El Jugs) is those modern boxer shorts with a raw uncovered elastic waistband. It's now super hard to find any chainstore that sells jersey boxers with a proper waistband and the bare elastic is so uncomfortable.
I also hate micro pockets on clothing, you know when it looks like a proper one then you discover you can't even fit a 1p piece in because it's so shallow. Everything on the high street is getting downspecced and more shit - full on late capitalism vibes

 

[WouldBe]

You are sure they are not just temporarily stitched up? .. some are, you remove the stitching and hey presto you have pockets

How long before they start stitching up the bottoms of trouser legs?

 

[DaveCinzano]

How long before they start stitching up the bottoms of trouser legs?

Don't give 'em ideas

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

It's now a struggle to get the type of shorts I like with pockets.

Also they got rid of zips and belt loops from the trousers I used to get.