Women's Pockets Weren't Always a Complete Disgrace | A Brief History: England, 15th c - 21st c

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Enter to win a copy of "The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives" from Yale University Press: https://gleam.io/competitions/mOZV7-pockets-a-hidden-history-of-womens-lives-book-giveaway-from-yale-university-press Disclosure: This video is not sponsored or funded in any part by Yale University Press. Two items of free product are provided only to the giveaway winners. Video production and research material expenses are covered in full through my usual video production budget. Yale University Press UK/EU/International: https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300253740&nat=false&sort=%24rank&sf1=keyword&st1=pocket&m=1&dc=21 Yale University Press US: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300253740/pocket SOURCES: --Braun, Melanie; Costigliolo, Luca; North, Susan; Thornton, Claire; Tiramani, Jenny. '17th Century Men's Dress Patterns: 1600-1630'. 2016. Thames & Hudson, London. Print. --Burman, Barbara and Fennetaux, Ariane. "The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives." 2019, Yale University Press. Print. --Maître du cardinal de Bourbon. "Vie et miracles de monseigneur saint Louis ou Livre des faits de monseigneur saint Louis". 1480 - 1488. BnF Gallica, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000784s/f1.double.r= Le Livre.shift --Tiramani, Jenny; Costigliolo, Luca; Passot, Sébastien; Lucas, Armelle; Pietsch, Johannes. "Patterns of Fashion 5: The content, cut, construction and context of bodies, stays, hoops and rumps c. 1595 - 1795". London, 2018. Print. ---The Old Bailey Proceedings https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp (see citations for individual cases referenced) Special thanks to Melissa P for sharing her extant pocket database with me; to @AbbyCox for peer review and supplemental extant pocket footage; to @pinsenttailoring for supplemental waistcoat pocket footage. FOOTNOTES & CITATIONS: Due to character count limit, these are listed at: https://bernadettebanner.co.uk/womens-pockets Want to get started with hand sewing? 🧵 🕯Check out my Skillshare original course, “Hand Sewing Basics: Working Wonders with Fabric, Needle & Thread”. To sign up for a free trial and take the class, visit https://skl.sh/bernadettebanner1 This channel is made possible through the generous support of Patreon members. To become a patron, visit https://www.patreon.com/bernadettebanner (although videos will remain free for you here regardless). Beyond YouTube: IG @bernadettebanner http://www.instagram.com/bernadettebanner Management contact for business enquiries: [email protected] https://bernadettebanner.co.uk/ 0:00 Introduction 1:10 The (very very slow) Development of Pockets 3:16 The Infinite Styles and Shapes of the Tie-On Pocket 4:49 A Deduction Exercise: How Pockets Reveal People 6:44 The Golden Age of Pocketry: 18th Century Pocket Hoops 8:43 No, Pockets Were Not Displaced by Handbags (Regency Edition) 10:17 Sewn-in Pockets and the Rise of Pocket Inequality 13:47 No, Pockets Were Not Displaced by Handbags (21st Century Edition). 16:17 A Very Special Giveaway From Yale University Press :)