Pockets

[Jerseyman]

I have this skirt that has like deep side pockets and Is like the right length(to my knees)And fits perfect.I bought it at walmart for like 5 dollars.my fiance thinks It looks very masculine.she tryed it on on it did not look right on her.Could the store have been selling mens skirts? I have to find a good pic of it when I do I will post it.Has any one else experianced buying a skirt and It just feels/fits perfect.Like It was made for a man

[Departed Member]

Pockets? Yea, vital for any (well, most!) blokes! Probably the reason (trad) Kilts aren't as popular as they might be, has to be the lack of pockets. I never understood why some women's garments had imitation pockets - the logic(?) defies me! Also baffled somewhat by the fact that (present day) pocketed denim skirts seem to fit the male body rather better than the female (& often as not, close left over right, too!), yet are normally to be found on the 'wrong' side of the aisle. As far as I am concerned, women who buy them, knowing they ooze 'masculinity', could (gasp, shock, horror!) actually be considered 'cr*ss-dressers'!

[Jerseyman]

Lack of pockets Is the reason my fiance wont wear dresses and skirts.And I have seen some of the Denim skirts.look at the rungs for a belt abit big eh.I dont know any women who wear belts that big.I think some of the makers of clothing make the skirts for men but the stores put them in the womens section.so the makers never realy find out if the men are buying them.I am not a small guy I weigh 260 pounds and am 6ft 4inches tal.I dont know to many women who are that big other than my Mum.So I think here in the us of a there are skirts made for men but we have to find them.

[crfriend]

Pockets on a skirt are a "nice to have" for me, but certainly not a show-stopper if I really happen to like a particular skirt. I've mentioned this before, but it may near repeating: "One of the big benefits I got out of weaaring skirts was that I learned to travel lighter."

I now carry less "stuff" with me than I had previously, and I rather like that. Where I used to carry about six bucks in change in one pocket and a wallet with three months' worth of ATM receipts in the other, I now have a slimmer wallet and recycle my change as soon as I can either into stuff I buy, paper denominations, or as tips at my local watering hole. If the skirt I happen to be wearing doesn't happen to have pockets, I carry my wallet in my shirt-pocket (let's see a pickpocket get *that*) and carry my car keys either on a lanyard around my neck (if I'm wearing a vest) or in one of my hands (which gives me something to fiddle with). I also no longer have a semi-permanent list to starboard.

I carry neither a mobile 'phone nor a PDA on a regular basis (and I certainly leave the mobile that I do have in the car when I'm in a public setting like a bar or restaurant) so I'm not worried about those things. I've found I get along just fine with fewer pockets.

Now, all of that having been said, I do have a couple of ensembles that look really good, but have no pockets whatsoever, either top or bottom; I'm trying to come to grips with those. When I've got that problem licked, I'll feel like the war's been won.

[DanR]

Women are more interested in the profile their clothes have when they wear them. Stuff in the pockets of a skirt makes the skirt look lumpy.

Men are more pre-occupied with the utility factor so pockets are a must. However, the type of pocket is really the key issue when I design a skirt. And cost factors in too. (That is, the more complex the pocket is, the more it costs me to get it sewn up. And I spend more time cutting the pieces for it too.) If a skirt is more formal, then it needs on-seam "hidden" pockets in the front. If it's casual, then it gets jeans-style pockets. (Men relate to these easiest, but they are not the best nor most useful pocket styles.) Sometimes a flap pocket on the side of a skirt (cargo pockets style) provides some good storage and can add to the stylistic character of a skirt. Other skirts have no pockets in back because the cut of the skirt (usually long ones) need to drape correctly in back and pockets interfere with that. Short, short skirts (minis) often get no pockets at all. They're more a costume piece than they are utilitarian anyway, so it often doesn't matter.

True formal skirts, like the Olympia [shown above] I had on exhibit at the University of Indiana's Mathers Museum show last year, assume that the gentleman will be wearing a jacket to the affair in question. As a result, the Olympia had no pockets to allow the front and back aprons to drape correctly. (I'm donating that skirt to the Museum's permanent collection this year by their request. This fall I'm introducing a derivation of it for sale. Will it have pockets? Most likely...but just two.)

[crfriend]

True formal skirts, like the Olympia [shown above] I had on exhibit at the University of Indiana's Mathers Museum show last year, assume that the gentleman will be wearing a jacket to the affair in question.

That's a darn good looking skirt there, Dan!

Out of curiosity, what heights are the mannequins set to, and where would the Olympia typically come to on the legs? The look of the skirt is dramatically better than the "woman's tuxedo" (I can't make up my mind if it looks like a parody or just plain frumpy; maybe both!).

[DanR]

That's a darn good looking skirt there, Dan!

Out of curiosity, what heights are the mannequins set to, and where would the Olympia typically come to on the legs? The look of the skirt is dramatically better than the "woman's tuxedo" (I can't make up my mind if it looks like a parody or just plain frumpy; maybe both!).

Thanks. Odd they didn't use a full mannequin, huh? Anyway, it's designed to fall to mid-calf. I had lousy lighting for that shot. The front apron center panel is made of a deep red acetate (somewhat shiny), my re-interpretation of the cummerbund; vertical instead of horizontal.

[Skirt Chaser]

Those make a great pair, but then I've always wanted a tuxedo. :scratchchin: Congrats on making it into the permanent collection, Dan!

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