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On Trouser Pockets (2020)

by fisian on 11/17/23, 9:22 AM with 2 comments

• by 082349872349872 on 11/17/23, 8:11 PM

  > And as we know, it would be anathema for a women to show unflattering lump for something as silly as practicality, function, or utility

  I find them flattering rather than the opposite, but it is worth noting that the earliest known textile garment, the string skirt, is also pretty low on the practicality, function, and utility axes: https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/stringsk...

• by bediger4000 on 11/17/23, 3:35 PM

  Brilliant discussion of pocket ergonomics. I did not know people did this kind of thinking.