via humane canada #meme #Otters #pockets #Learning

new dress is almost finished. i have to add the buttons

it's got fancy contrast cuffs... and a secret zipper pocket!

"Dangerous Coats"
by Sharon Owens

Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For commonsense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition

Found thanks to @GrrlScientist.

This outfit gave such#regal #pyjamas… all #silk: gold #duopioni, red Thai and red and gold Chinese satin. The wrap dress also has #pockets, as do the loose cut trousers. #TAVCreationsOriginal
#customcouture #sewing #eveningGown #fashion #ottawa #Designer #sewist #couturier

See the full story of this ensemble here: https://tav-creations.com/couture-adventures-2020-focus-on-pheonixqueen/

Photo was taken by @WTL

Welcome to another episode of The Enshitiffication Show. Today, we're talking about clothing.

For some years now, I've bought CQR cargo pants. I'm autistic. My wardrobe is not super varied. I tend to stick to the brands that I like, and purchase the same item, in various colors.

What to wear is a problem. If I've solved it once, why make my life complicated? I just use the solution I've found.

I used to like CQR cargo pants.

Alas...

This is no longer the case. The last pair I bought has shallow pockets. Most likely, some idiot figured that they'd be saving money by having shallow pockets.

The first clue I got was when I took a nap with my pants on. Stuff was falling out of the pockets. I eventually took my tape measure, and proved to myself that the pockets are indeed shallower. In the pictures below, you'll find:

* An old pair of CQR pants.
* The new pair.
* A pair of Wranglers with pockets more like the old CQR.

I tend to be loyal to brands. Eh. If it works, it works. However, when brands enshittify their products... well... I ain't no fool. If I'm paying a high price for shitty stuff, I might as well switch to another product, which may be as shitty (but maybe in different ways), but will cost me half the price.

I cannot tell yet how the Wranglers will hold up to use. Maybe, I'll have to replace them in one year, but even if this happens, I'm ahead of the game relative to paying for CQR's enshittified pants.

Oh, I've taken naps with the Wranglers on. No problem with stuff falling out of the pockets.

Studio work for a client yesterday involved improving this vintage jacket she inherited from an elder family member.
I took it in at the shoulders and front breadth, allowing me to shorten the sleeves through the armhole at the same time as removing the space formerly allowed for shoulder pads.
Then I added these pockets that are sort of a hybrid welt/buttonhole pocket. The velvet ribbon forms the simplest of decorative finish for the openings, which I kept narrower to minimize showing too much of the pocket lining at the opening. Normally, I would have made a facing, but not enough fabric came from the sleeve head adjustment.
Anyhoo- it turned out well!
#upcycling #reDesigning #ottawaSewist #alterations #sewing #pockets

I’m not sure what I’m going to wear to the office Tuesday. I have lots of nice clothes, but once again it is the pockets issue.

Only 3 of my dresses have pockets, have a few more skirts with pockets.

Have a work bag, but it is too big to be carrying to the loo to hold my phone (it is big enough to carry a laptop ond A4 writing pad.

Got a belt pouch because I thought it wluld be fantasy themed and cool. But it is too bulky when sat in my office chair and driving.

How do you carry your phone around if you don’t have an outfit with pockets?

@liliputing_ The #AyaNeo #PocketS is up to $800! That's well within #x86+#Windows territory. I feel like #Arm+#Android has to stay in a < #Steamdeck bracket simply because #emulators are just better optimized for x86.

History of Pockets livestream about to begin!

I can't go in person because I had a covid exposure yesterday.... [so far, ok]

#TextileHistory #Pockets

https://concordmuseum.org/event/pockets-an-intimate-history-of-how-we-keep-things-close/

Me every time

Yes, women want pockets. But not just any "pockets." Women want BIG pockets... HUGE pockets... PRACTICAL pockets that can actually hold all kinds of things-- like wallets, cell phones, hairbrushes, Kotex pads, magic totems, and/or baby dragons.

Not the tiny ones we have now, the ones we can barely fit the ends of our fingers and a couple of coins into.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

Terrific article on the "ingrained unfairness" of the lack of pockets in women's clothing (see link).

Note to Apple:
Bring back the iPhone mini for folks with tiny pockets, smaller hands.

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/sep/17/wouldnt-it-make-life-easier-the-growing-campaign-for-pockets-on-womens-clothes
#Pockets #Apple #iPhone