In Chile we know him as «Dog Pocket» and it is used to put coins, a very folded bill and the little thumb when you want to look sexier; perhaps to hide a cigarette or to keep something that you do not want to lose, such as the receipt of the containers to collect them when you leave for them. However, it was created for something completely different.
In ancient times, it had an important purpose: the pocket was to contain a pocket watch.
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The ubiquity of pockets dates back to the design of «waist overalls,» the original name for blue jeans made by Levi Strauss & Co.
They appeared in the design in the patent that Strauss and JW Davis received for «Pocket Openings support improvements»there for the May 20, 1873and they put first in mass use in 1890 with «Lot 501» jeansthe model of the jeans levis 501 from today.
«The watch pocket was a feature of our first waist jumpsuit,» he told INSIDER in an email. Tracey Panekinternal historian at Levi Strauss & Co. «The oldest pair of waisted overalls in the archives of Levi Strauss & Co. [de 1879] Includes watch pocket.
Because the small pocket was intended to hold pocket watches, it is not usually you’ll find it in suit pants. Suit jackets already have pocket watches, making one in your pants superfluous. Levi Strauss himself, for example, wore a pocket watch in the waistcoat of his business suit, according to Panek.
The pants with the small pocket are called «five pocket trousers«, but the small pocket is not actually the fifth. The fifth pocket is actually on the left back, added to Levi’s 501 jeans in 1901.