Suits are for business use and three piece.
Any viewpoints?
Any viewpoints?
Should suit trousers have one rear pocket or two?
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Choosing to have back pockets when one does not use them is like choosing pockets on a shirt when they are not used. Again, I have my shirts made without pockets and I doubt anyone here would think of them as womens' shirts. Pockets on trousers are the norm because that is what the general public gets served up, much like pockets on shirts.
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Regarding pocket use, I believe it most unsightly to use either the front or rear trouser pockets, whereas inside jacket pockets should only be used for a leather card holder or very slimline wallet at most (Ettinger recommended here).
I have my trouser pockets sewn shut, as well as my outer jacket pockets. It really helps sculpt the suit around your body, as well as retaining the intended lines.
Wallet, phone, et al: in my briefcase or overcoat.
I have my trouser pockets sewn shut, as well as my outer jacket pockets. It really helps sculpt the suit around your body, as well as retaining the intended lines.
Wallet, phone, et al: in my briefcase or overcoat.
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You mean along the lines of having a bottom button and buttonhole on a vest that you don't actually button? If it has no purpose, and it's purpose certainly cannot be that it looks good, then why not just eliminate that unused button and buttonhole altogether? But I'll bet that you still have that button and buttonhole in spite of the fact that it will forever remain unbuttoned. :icon_smile_big:
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Although, only the right pocket actually ever gets used
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For those of you keeping a wallet in your rear pocket - stop! Try a small billfold or two (if necessary) in your front pocket(s). It will save back strain and pain. When you sit on a large billfold pressure is placed on your sciatic nerves and muscles. Many back problems have been related to this practice.
That said I asked a tailor for no back pockets once and he said it looked effeminate plus there was a certain amount of structural support that pockets gave the trousers!
That said I asked a tailor for no back pockets once and he said it looked effeminate plus there was a certain amount of structural support that pockets gave the trousers!
Such a dogmatic comment is wrong. A few people find this many do not. The critical issue is a thin wallet NOT a veritable filing cabinet.
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I prefer none - looks cleaner.
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I never use them so none would be fine for me. But I get whatever the suit manufacturers prefer to include. However as I'm either sitting down, wearing my jacket or more often both would many people get the chance to see how many trouser pockets I have?
And here am I using a clothes peg ...
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You can never be too rich or too thin or have too many pockets.:icon_smile:
You can never be too rich or too thin or have too many pockets.:icon_smile:
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If only those came with pleats and inside suspender buttons.:icon_smile_big:
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Let's remember . . .
Nota bene: The white mess dress coat is worn with standard issue tuxedo type trousers, which usually have rear pockets. Go figure.
. . . that OP said "suit" here. A suit comes with a coat. When you wear the coat, the trouser pockets will not be visible. Consequently, absent rear trouser pockets will not make the trousers look (shudder!) like women's slacks. When the coat comes off to sit at a desk in a cubicle, the pockets can't be seen then, either.
I use mine when they're there, but wouldn't miss them if I were wearing a suit or sport coat, as I would simply carry essentials in the coat's inside pockets. Army dress mess uniforms don't have rear trouser pockets, in order to - I guess - eliminate unsightly additional bulges:icon_smile_wink:
Nota bene: The white mess dress coat is worn with standard issue tuxedo type trousers, which usually have rear pockets. Go figure.
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I keep forgetting the audience here. :icon_smile_big:
During my working career I saw very few men who kept their jackets on in the office. Most hung them up upon arriving in the morning and put them back on only for some specific function such as a meeting (often not even then) or to go home.
My career was spent in a large Federal building and at lunch the cafeteria was filled with jacketless men. If you did see someone who worked in the building wearing a jacket he was more often than not FBI, DEA, Secret Service, IRS, Army CID, etc. and they were simply covering their firearms. I guess it's just the background I'm coming from.
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There's another point. Many years ago, a professional shoplifter I knew told me that he had a number of friends who were pickpockets, and the one place they will not try to pick is the front pocket of a man's trousers. The back pocket is trivial.
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