Mysterious history of women's pants pocket

It turns out that pants pockets - things that seem to be worthless have such a long history.

What is your pants pocket used for? So simple, it contains almost the whole world: phones, wallets, keys, 'raincoats' , food . But that's just the answer of the boys, how about the girls? It's nothing or very little, because their pants pockets are mostly small, hard to fit.

Sometimes it is just a fake bag . absolutely not worth using besides letting it look good. Why is there such a big difference?

Turn back the history of nearly . 400 years of women's pants to see if we can find the answer.

17th century: The first bag appeared, looked very sexy but also started to be useless

The first male pocket appeared and the 1600s. It took almost a hundred years for the new female bag to appear, and not really a proper bag.

While the men's pocket was sewn on the inside of the clothes until now, the female bag was just a loose bag wrapped around the waist and stuffed under the petticoat.

The bag is sewn on the inside of the skirt.

If you've ever seen films about medieval times, you'll see European women wearing very cumbersome and layered. The petticoat mentioned above rests on a layer of long panties and petticoats, under the outer skirt. So wearing a bag just below is hardly worth using.

You almost have to be 'naked' if you want to get things inside the bag.

You almost have to be 'naked' (according to the concept at the time) if you want to get things inside the bag. That's why this bag is like a sexy icon when only a girl's husband or lover knows what's inside her bag.

18th century: gradually becoming a decoration and a bit of use value

Through the 1700s, women's inner bags gradually became more beautiful and complex with the prevailing decorative embroidery.

Women's bags became more beautiful.

A very important improvement is the cut lines on the skirt. Thanks to these cuts, the old women were able to use the bag properly without having to remove any layers on their bodies.

A very important improvement is the cut lines on the skirt.

The size of the bag is also extremely diverse, can fit anything from keys to big cakes.

Men's pants pocket, meanwhile, is still unchanged, extremely useful from the beginning.

Nineteenth century: inner pockets are no longer popular, and differences are revealed

The skirt of the woman at this time gradually changes according to the fashion trend, simple, hugging people, more fragile and no longer fits into a garment bag inside.

Moreover, when the bags are more and more beautifully decorated, why not bring them out?

By the nineteenth century, the inner bag was no longer loved, so the hand bag was born.

So the hand bag was born. They gradually became an indispensable thing in the woman's hand at that time when going out. Their size is also gradually smaller and not diverse. Simply because you can't always carry a bag like a bag of rice around the outside, there's nothing 'trendy' anymore.

Because of the size of the small bags, which cannot hold too much money, women at that time tended to hand over the money when going out to their men.

It is also a mirror reflecting the role of women at the time when they were very limited in the right to manage large assets such as money and land. They were told that they should stay home to make embroidery and tea.

Early 20th century: women up

In the late 1800s, it was a time when women were strong up, fighting and demanding equal justice for themselves.

They show it from their dresses when new dresses are always required to include a bag to prove themselves as an independent woman.

In the early 20th century, women's dresses and clothes must always be accompanied by bags.

Further, in the early 1900s, the big question was often given, 'Do women wear pants like men?'

Two World Wars occurred that drew almost all men to the battlefield, that was when women confirmed their standing. They started to work, dressed in work clothes - of course, accompanied by bags that carried out their functions.

Late 20th century: fashion again

The war ended, the status of the nations changed, and so did the position of the women. Although men have returned, women have had their own voices in many areas.

At the end of the 20th century, pants pockets were gradually removed.

However, a paradox occurs, the pants are still popular, only that they increasingly embrace the woman's body with the trend started by Hollywood stars. They have a duty to exalt the beauty and curves of women from the hips downwards, and the most radical way to do this is . to remove the pants pocket.

In addition, the boom in fashion design at this time brought along extremely diverse accessories. One of them is expensive bags. Using them to keep things (again) becomes a trend of sisters.

'Men have bags to keep things, women have bags just for decoration' - Christian Dior, 1954

21st century: how to fit iPhone?

Although it has been a part of the 21st century, we still do not have a valid answer for whether women's pockets are really necessary and how much is enough. Women want the appearance of a handy bag on jeans, on a skirt, on a shirt and even a jacket?

The bags, of course, had more frequency, instead of fake bags that had only decorative effects.

The bags, of course, had a higher frequency of occurrence, instead of fake bags that only had decorative effects, but it seemed that they still could not keep up with the times, as women grew more and more need to carry with you (not in your bag), such as . iPhone. iPhone is often difficult, don't talk about iPhone plus .

Looking back at the history of the bag, the part we see, which the sister requires sometimes is not just a bag, but it is also fairness to men and also convenience.

But it seems that fashion designers do not have the same look, or maybe, they have not yet found a way to reconcile the beauty of women with convenience.

In another development, the men's pocket almost remained unchanged for 400 years .