Pockets – or rather the lack of them – in women’s clothes are a well-known grievance. Historically, women weren’t given pockets because they weren’t expected to carry valuables, go anywhere or have autonomy. Later, pockets were rejected for the sake of appearance: they disrupted the line of a dress, their functionality ruining the fantasy of the woman as decoration. Instead, we were given the handbag – oh, great! another object to manage! – and even now, feminist scholars note that women’s pockets are often shallow, symbolic or fake.