@regina_nyckelharpista@sunny.garden I've often talked about this with my wife, so I went searching for an answer. This article from Fashion Magazine gets around most of what has been mentioned in the comments here. The authoritative answer seems to be capitalism. Handbags make money for big business, pockets don't. Another failure for the invisible (pocket less) hand. (Link to archive.org because I didn't feel like sharing cookies with their 1799 close partners) https://web.archive.org/web/20250524072701/https://fashionmagazine.com/style/womens-pockets/