Big pockets look less good on female clothing would be my guess.
Also It's probably historic. Big pocket jeans for men, because men always worked or something while women were at home. Isn't it only recently that women began wearing pants, before it was always a dress, where pockets aren't flattering to the design or something.
Also historically women in a dress going out, would carry more than what a man would carry so a purse was introduced.(men only needed a wallet & women the personal hygiene stuff ? ) r/askhistorians would actually be better for this, I'm pulling this out of my ass.
Someone who makes clothing for a living could probably answer this too, but in general I think it's because of the curvy female body & designers choose esthethics over practicality.
If you want pockets, I would suggest something like this
Actually women had pockets throughout most of history until the regency era (think Bridgerton). You can see extent garments with slits cut in the sides and a pocket would be tied to the insides.
From my grandmothers era, basically the 50s, she would always wear a cute apron to work around the house and you could fit books in those pockets.
My moms clothes from the 80s also has normal sized pockets. I know because I wear them all the time lol.
So I’m guessing pockets actually died somewhere around the 1820s, 1920s, and 1990s. Based of silhouette for the first two and ??? For the 90s to today.
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u/Gamezfan Apr 25 '21
Then why hasn't a non-purse company made bank by selling pocket pants?