{"id":6478,"date":"2024-11-05T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2024-11-05T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:07:00","slug":"why-jeans-have-a-tiny-pocket-inside-the-bigger-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=6478","title":{"rendered":"Why jeans have a tiny pocket inside the bigger one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you\u2019ve ever tried to see what fits in there, you\u2019ll know it\u2019s far too small for a cellphone, while it\u2019s awkward to jam cash \u2013 be it coins or notes \u2013 in there. The same goes for a ring of keys; there just isn\u2019t room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what are those little pockets for? Well, fortunately for our curious readers, we have something of an answer<\/a>\u2026 and it might not be at all what you were expecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be they male or female models, chances are if you look at a pair of jeans, you\u2019ll find two pockets on the front and two pockets on the back. What you might also find, however, is a strange little pocket inside<\/em> one of the front pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go ahead and have a look. Almost all jeans have them, though their presence is enough to leave most of us scratching our heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, these pockets are far too small to hold anything of real significance (even getting two fingers into them is a challenge). So what purpose do they actually serve?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interestingly, to find the origin we have to go<\/a> back almost two hundred years. That little thumbnail-sized pocket isn\u2019t a modern addition to jeans; instead, it was a practical solution for something that\u2019s no longer a real problem today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the invention is none other than legendary jean manufacturer Levi\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to UK newspaper The Independent, the first \u2018extra\u2019 pocket came into use in the 1800s. The reason? To assist the most common wearers of jeans at that point in time\u2026 cowboys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowboys usually carried their pocket watches on chains or inside their waistcoats, but both of these methods put the watch at great risk of being broken during their owner\u2019s day-to-day duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cowboy rides into the sunset. Credit \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In order to combat this, Levi\u2019s introduced a small pocket designed to carry a watch safely. By keeping their watches in these tiny pockets, cowboys could ride without fear of them being smashed on a ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How\u2019s that for innovation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I\u2019m honest, I had no idea. If you ask me, it\u2019s incredible that the design has stuck with jeans all the way through to modern day. Cowboys might no longer be around, but their watch pockets certainly are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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