I’ve read up on it, and nobody seems to have a clue who invented the first pocket. We can pinpoint a general time when we went from no pockets to pockets, but the inventor, probably some nameless tailor or seamstress, is lost to history.
Interesting observation and I agree. I have a fondness for pockets. I particularly like the
Blackhawk Tactical Pants for all of my every day carry.
I wonder if pockets were developed based on the pace of societal growth. How recent are wallets, multi tools, cell phones, fiat coinage, Kleenex, ball point pens, pocket cameras, concealed carry, micro led flashlights and whatever else a person may carry daily.
It would be nice to have another
Connections series to continue to tie inventions into the modern day.
Yeah the pockets probably came about out of simple necessity, and I think that the number of pockets grows depending on how much people need to carry too. One or two pockets was probably fine when they first came out, then when pocket watches became common, you needed another little pocket to hold those. When most every man in America started smoking cigarettes, shirt front pockets to hold a pack became ubiquitous.