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I don't think this is taking into account the fact that men's and women's jeans are made to different shapes to conform to different male and female bodies. Per
by cdot2 5y ago
I don't think this is taking into account the fact that men's and women's jeans are made to different shapes to conform to different male and female bodies. Perhaps the difference in design constrains the effective maximum depth of front pockets on women. As evidence that pocket size differences are not merely because clothes companies don't think women need pockets I would point to their data that shows that women's back pockets are the same size as men's. If clothes companies were giving women smaller pockets for arbitrary reasons wouldn't that also carry over to back pockets?
- seumars 5y agoYou’d be surprised at how arbitrary the process actually is. Clothing brands are first and foremost concerned with sourcing unique fabrics and materials, and then building collections aiming for a certain style in connection to these materials and trends. The production of clothing is almost exclusively outsourced to asia, meaning clothing designers don’t actually have any say in how the garments are put together other than giving feedback to the prototypes sent from the factories. “Take this template, make the arms a bit longer and take off the breast pocket” type of feedback. A total redesign of women’s jeans with bigger pockets would mean a redesign of the clothing brand’s production model too. They would have to spend a lot on R&D, training, production and what not, so they just don’t bother.