Showerthought: I used to think pockets ruined a dress line

Last week I was sketching a simple summer dress and left them out again. Then I saw a woman at the coffee shop in a really nice linen dress, and she pulled her phone from a side seam pocket without messing up the shape at all. I went home and tried adding a single hidden pocket to my sketch, just to see. It actually made the design look more practical and modern, not bulky. Has anyone found a good way to hide bigger pockets in lighter fabrics?

4 comments

4 Comments

blakestone3mo ago

Try a curved pocket bag cut on the bias to prevent sagging in light fabrics.

aaron_perry3mo ago

Oh come on, is a hidden pocket really that big of a deal? I get it, they're handy, but @adams.uma calling it the "best upgrade" feels like a stretch. It's just a pocket. The real trick is making one that doesn't sag or show a phone outline in thin fabric, which is honestly really hard to do. Most of the time you can still see the lump unless the dress is super stiff. Maybe we're all just too excited to have a place to put our hands.

adams.uma4mo ago

Hidden pockets are the best upgrade to any outfit, honestly.

patricia26226d ago

My friend Jenny from work bought this flowy sundress last summer and she was so excited because it had hidden pockets. She put her phone in one and her keys in the other and went to a picnic with us. By the time we sat down both pockets were sagging so bad the dress looked all lumpy and weird. She spent the whole afternoon trying to sneak her stuff into her bag without anyone noticing. I think @blakestone is onto something with that bias cut idea cause regular hidden pockets are great in theory but terrible in practice with anything that's not denim.