People are only just realizing what the small, additional pocket inside a pair of jeans was actually created for.
Jeans are a staple item of clothing in countless wardrobes, and can be dressed up for more formal events, or act as the ultimate component in dressing for comfort.
Constructed with denim, jeans have an enduring history. Denim was the traditional material used in workwear, with the first pair of jeans – similar to those we know and love today – constructed by an American tailor named Jacob Davis, and dry goods wholesaler Levi Strauss, who sold him the material to make them...To Read The Full Content; Tap Here Now .
The duo teamed up and patented the first pair of riveted denim work pants on May 20, 1873. This went on to spawn the traditional jeans so beloved to this day as, prior to this, there were no rivets in denim workwear or trousers. Now, jeans come in a variety of cuts, colours, and styles, from mom jeans, high waisted, bootcut, and flared, to wide leg, skinny, distressed, and more.
The Levi’s website states: “We should note that they were called ‘waist overalls’ or ‘overalls’ until 1960, when baby boomers adopted the name ‘jeans’.”
Often the front pocket of a pair of jeans features an additional, much-smaller pocket placed at the hip. It’s typically a visible feature included in many styles of jeans.
On Reddit, one person was curious about what its purpose was. Sharing an image of the curious pocket, they wrote: “What’s the smaller pockets within pockets of jeans for? Does anyone know the use of [the] smaller pocket [and what it] is designed for?”
In the comments section, many fellow Reddit users were keen to share their thoughts, with some posting jokes and light-hearted quips and others sharing their own personal usage of the small pocket. One person said: “I use it and have always used it for my lighter.”
Another said: “Hold your lucky coin.” A third said: “Steve Jobs said they were for the iPod Nano when it launched in 2005. I distinctly remember him pulling one out of his mini pocket in the reveal video. First and only time I ever bought an Apple product new.”
A fourth agreed: “I used to use it for my iPod Nano. Good times… good times.”
But someone else shared the correct origin of the pocket, which was as a place to store a pocket watch. They simply said: “It was originally for pocket watches.”
Another said: “I thought it was called the coin pocket, but watch makes more sense!” And another said: “Why did it take so long for someone to go: ‘what if pocket watch… but bracelet!’”
One person replied: “It didn’t take that long, there are medieval necklace, wrist and even ring watches. In the Victorian era, wrist watches were seen as feminine as they were delicate, and pocket watches were seen as reliable and sturdy.
“It took the combination of the Boer and World War One to make wrist watches masculine as jumping on the deck and crawling through the muck tended to break pocket watches.”
According to Britannica: “The small pocket as we know it today was not an element of the blue jeans mass-produced by Levi Strauss & Co until the 1890s, when the target buyers for the work trousers were carpenters, railroad workers, farmers, and miners.”