Scratch that. You’re my favorite person right now. Sorry @GilbertWham unless you guys want to share the title… or fight to the death. Star Trek style.
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I’m not due for pon farr anytime soon…
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I learned of this a few years ago and I have always been amazed. I simply cannot understand women’s clothing. It’s expensive, usually poorly made, and lacks any form of utility (no pockets). I get that sexism is a thing, and that our culture has perhaps conditioned women to prioritize “cute shorts” over “has pockets.” No man’s pant, no matter how perfect-looking, which lacked pockets would sell at all.
There’s probably an opening here for a line of functional women’s clothing, but I feel like if women really wanted pockets they’d have them already.
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It’s more like we’re conditioned to prioritise “not being naked” over "has pockets. I personally wear men’s cargo pants but a lot of women can’t fit into them well.
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Haven’t seen it. Not sure I want to.
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It took me 20 years and almost 30 lbs before the number on my pants changed. Because as my weight inched up over the years, the vanity sizing numbers went down. Today, I have pants ranging from size 6 - 12 that all fit. The size 6 is the loosest pair.
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My grandma was a Revolutionary War re-enactor for 50+ years. These are her pockets:
They tie around the waist under your dress but over your petticoats and the dress has a slit in the side seam so you can reach in. I’ve considered wearing them myself sometimes.
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Or just chuckle at his lack of sartorial clue…
Because they are unbelievably cheap. You can get 18 pair for three bucks if you shop around.
Sadly, this cultural programming seems to be infecting men too. Have you seen the ridiculously skinny hipster jeans pants with no pockets yet?
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Cool. That’s what I was trying to describe, but I couldn’t remember exactly how they worked. That might still work under a full skirt if the side slits had some sort of barrier to avoid flashing any bystanders.
Oh noo, the horror.
And we are heading the same way over here. Damn what can I do about it…
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Not such a bad idea if I can get away with it.
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Exactly, and as a commuter, the backpack is pretty much essential. I’ve got everything I could need in it. Umbrella, mouth wash, toothbrush and paste, floss, Ibuprofen and Pepto pills, hot sausage packets (both Taco Bell and Sriracha), knife and multi-tool, notebooks, note cards, pens, pencils, Sharpies in three different sizes and two colors, spoon (fork too most of the time), iPad and charger, phone charger, box opener, relevant bus schedules, hat and sunglasses (and gloves and scarf in wintertime). Oh, and an oversized carabiner with a foam handle for carrying groceries and my water bottle.
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Search for festival belt
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I don’t carry nearly as many things in mine but we do overlap on a number of items. But whenever i don’t need to carry my backpack with me i feel like something’s missing.
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In addition to the problem that @Andrea_James pointed out regarding pockets, this was one of the other problems I run into when I started expanding my gender presentation.(*) I actually find the sizing to be the more annoying of the two problems! Not too long ago I found two very nice black tank tops, slightly different in appearance, but really not that different in style. They both fit reasonably well, although one is a bit tighter than the other. The looser one is, of course, the one that the label says is smaller. It’s hard enough trying to find things that fit, since many of the clothes don’t assume my body proportions, but the random labeling thing is maddening. (Yes, I know, that most ciswomen get to grow up learning this from a very early age!)
(* - Of course this brings up a language question. I agree with Eddie Izzard: “They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.” Still, I need a less clumsy term to distinguish between my “male presentation” clothing and my “female presentation” clothing. There are lots of clothes that fall into either (or even neither), but still looking for better terms.)
Edit: Originally stated “smaller one is, of course, the one that the label says is smaller.” I’ve since corrected this. Apparently my brain still can’t accept the idiocy of the labeling.
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Not only that, but if one regularly eyes amazing clothes from the far East, those are often too small even for most US ciswomen - nevermind anyone else. Either women there rarely exceed 5’ height and/or 100 LBs, or else those are the women nearly all of the clothes are design for.
Werd! Total Clothing Freedom FTW!
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There’s a lot of bold disclaimers on clothes on Amazon: ASIAN SIZING PLEASE CHECK SIZE CHART. Because maybe I can wear a medium from Old Navy, but I’m going to be at least an XL if I order this dress from China.
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I’m latino and i wear white crew style socks all the time. I just find it comfortable, durable and i don’t have to be too picky about where i buy them. I have some non-white socks but the fabric in those are either too thick or too thin, i wear them occasionally but i don’t really like them.
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