Origin and history of "pocket" of clothes, actually related to "politics"

Hilary · Clinton's trademark is said to be a pantsuit, but in reality there are no pockets in most of the suits Clinton wears. It is now a pocket that is attached to clothes as usual, but "There is a pocket in clothes" had a history that was largely involved in politics and society, unknown history.

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Men's suits and jackets had large pockets visible from ancient times, but on the other hand there were no pockets in women's clothing, and over 100 years women were dissatisfied with their lack of pockets in their clothes I was recruiting. In the New York Times published in 1905, Charlotte P. Gilman, a writer, said: "There is one competent point for men's clothing: it has pockets, women are equipped with bags, sometimes It sometimes sews to clothes or holds it by hand, but it is not a pocket. "At that time, the pocket had more gender (distinction of sex) than pants, boxer briefs, ties and suit, You can see that it was a clear item of.

Before men 's clothes got pockets, both men and women were not wearing clothes with pockets. As for medieval clothes, people were wearing bags around the waist and hanging bags from the belt. However, as urbanization progresses and criminal techniques become more sophisticated, people create pockets inside clothes as countermeasures against pickpockets. And men's jacket and women's petticoat were fitted with slits to hide important things.

In the 17th century, the pocket of male clothes became an item always attached to the outside of the coat and the best, but on the other hand pockets about women's clothes remained hidden under the petticoat etc, and did not evolve greatly . The women's petticoat at the time and the pocket on the bottom of the pannier were huge, and everything including sewing kit, watch, perfume bin, comb, notebook, pen, money, etc was put in.

It was during the French Revolution that the ways of pocket in women's clothing changed greatly. Until then, the woman was wearing a wide skirt with room to hide the pocket, but after the French Revolution, the silhouette along the body, clean clothing around the waist became to be worn, under the clothing It became impossible to put big pockets. That does not mean that women need to carry luggage, so "Handbag" was born as a solution to that. The handbag born at this time was beautifully decorated and there were many ones with a chain with accessories like a bracelet. From this also, you can see that handbags were made on the premise that they "show".


Even when Christian Dior stated that in 1954 "men's pocket exists to put things in, but that of women is decoration", the history of women's clothes pocket includes " It may seem that the female contempt of the fact that clothes are practical and women's clothes are for beauty "in the background. However, it is not without lack of female contempts, but in reality it is believed that political reasons are rather large.

As mentioned above, the French Revolution is the reason why women's pockets have changed. In the French Revolution, the way wealth, privacy, norms and so on have undergone a major change. In the revolutionary period, women who had large pockets under the skirts were able to bring things freely into public places, but this "freedom" was very feared in the revolution. Therefore, in order to prevent women going to public places, carrying articles such as Harenchi, walking alone, the pockets hidden under the clothes were removed.

And in 1891, when the association named Rational Dress Society was called to call a woman to wear healthy clothes such as relaxing trousers by discarding a corset, the women's clothing is a free form that can drive a bicycle It will become.


Within this trend, pockets can be attached to women's clothing, and at the same time the number of pockets attached to male clothes will also increase. In 1899, the New York Times says in the article "If we further civilize it would require more pockets." "Since the pocket was invented, the fact that people without pockets got great I can not compete with us unless a woman has a pocket. "

From the latter half of the 19th century to the 20th century,A new womanIt is also a time when a new female statue of establishment was established. Among them, there was also a rebellion, such as women standing with their hands in their pockets being considered challenging to men. Also, in the heading of the New York Times published in 1910 is "a lot of pockets in suits of suffrage experts", women's suffrageists should attach 7 to 8 pockets where suit is visible It shows that women indicated that they want privacy, property rights, etc. Even a woman's appearance of being able to carry things that take away someone's life, such as private things, secrets, pistols, was "pocket".


Although the shape of the women's pocket has not changed dramatically in the modern era, the way women are in the society has changed dramatically, and as a suit manufacturer for women's CEOs and politicians emerges, the shape of the suit Also changed a lot.

Mr. Hillary Clinton's pants suit is like a trademark for her, and Clinton himself is an InstagramMake a post about a suitSometimes, there are designers who have nothing to do with itMake it a T-shirtThere are even things. Although these suits are very rich in color variations, they are not new and it seems that there are no such features. But only one can say that most suit has no pockets.

A woman's pocket that was restricted by carrying the "freedom" feared in politics became to be acquired again by women in the 20th century and was able to carry a "secret", but Mr. Clinton's pocket There is no place to hide something, there is no place where something appears in a suit without it. Aside from whether or not the voters know the history of the pocket, Mr. Clinton is saying that his will is expressed by pants suit.