Perhaps today there is no such person who does not have jeans in the wardrobe, because this model of pants is not only very practical, but also stylish. Their concise design is characterized by convenience, which is created by a special cut and the presence of pockets. Today we’ll talk about one of them - the smallest, located on the right side inside the main pocket, because many probably wondered - what is it for?
A bit of history
As you know, the first jeans appeared as uniform for workers - gold miners. They appreciated denim pants for their comfort, reliability and long service life. Wild West Cowboys, who had to ride a horse for a long time, jeans were also appreciated, and over time they became, along with a cowboy hat, the personification of their era.
It is the period of the gold rush and the dominance of cowboys that is associated with the creation of jeans with a small pocket on the right side, located inside the main pocket. It appeared in 1873, when Michael Regalo, the designer of the Levi′s brand, first introduced this model into the company's catalog.
Major Versions
As already noted jeans served as work clothes, so all their details, including a small pocket, had a practical purpose. Nevertheless, disputes about exactly what it was created for are still ongoing. Let's look at the main versions of the appearance of this element of jeans, because some of them are quite entertaining!
Version One: For cowboys. It is known that they were heavy smokers, but, not having large funds for the frequent purchase of smoking accessories (in particular, the still popular Zippo lighter), they needed a particularly good place to store them.A small pocket just contained this lighter, and even when riding a horse at high speed, the cowboy did not lose it.
Version two: for watches. At the end of the nineteenth century, round small watches were in fashion, the chain of which was attached to the loops, and they themselves were placed in this pocket. Over time, the watch “moved” on the wrist, and the jeans remained with a small pocket.
Fourth version: for gold diggers. During the gold rush, workers in mines found nuggets of various sizes. And since their work was physically very active, there was a risk of losing such an expensive find. Therefore, the designers of jeans clothes and came up with a way to save the gold found, providing for it a separate reliable pocket.
What can be put or how to apply it?
There are a huge number of ways to use the described pocket. At a time when massively used pay phones and payphones, it was convenient to put coins in it. Now several metro tokens will easily fit in it, but modern technologies, having introduced plastic cards, have taken this function from their pockets. For those who still prefer to have some cash with them, this pocket is very useful - in it easily fits several paper bills.
Starting from the period of the sexual revolution, many young people always began to carry a condom with them, and this pocket is ideal for contraceptives both in volume and size.
You can also use a small pocket on your favorite jeans for gadgets - small MP3 players or iPods. By the way, Levi’s is creating more and more interesting models with small pockets. One of the latest fashion novelties is jeans with built-in headphones and a player, the volume of which can be adjusted without removing the device from your pocket.
Surely such jeans will be the most beloved for most music lovers! Moreover, there will be no problems with washing the product - after all, ma scarlet pocket with a built-in device can always be unfastened.
To demonstrate the charm of a small pocket on jeans, Levi′s has long shot a commercial on this subject. Happy viewing!
