‘Wouldn’t it make life easier?’: the growing campaign for pockets on women’s clothes

Pockets on display at the Saint Laurent catwalk in February. Composite: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD via Getty Images

Small things can mean a lot, and all revolutions start somewhere. So it is that the humble pocket, a repository for small things and once a minor consideration in clothes design, has become big news.

A growing movement decrying the lack of proper pockets in women’s clothing has begun to find disciples in the world of high fashion, as well as among mainstream chains.