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    What is the purpose of the small internal pocket in a pair of jeans (the pocket within the pocket)?

    Question #95023. Asked by baldricksmum. (Apr 24 08 2:31 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		From its location, I'd say it is a Watch-pocket - Essential for keeping a gentleman's pocket watch. Often found on the man's vest or even on his trousers. The watch had a chain or a fob, to prevent it from being lost, and this pocket sometimes could be called the 'fob pocket'.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A798159

    The hip seam is top stitched down for extra strength and even the smallest pocket of the jeans - the watch pocket - is folded and shaped before being stitched onto its calico facing.

    http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/Dem_Sup/leviinfo.txt





    Apr 24 08, 3:48 PM
    queproblema

    		It was really hard to find a link for what I've always called the "change pocket." "Coin pocket" seems to be the term.
    http://www.buy-jeans.net/product.php/416/82/581da29a5b228619c495f264c0b175fe

    Googling "coin pocket levi's" works better than any other search I could come up with.

    Apr 24 08, 7:21 PM
    star_gazer

    		It's mostly for appearance sake.

    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/detoc/fem/appear.htm

    Apr 24 08, 7:56 PM
    Baloo55th

    		In most jeans now you couldn't get a fob watch into this pocket. Also, it's a bit hard to get money in and out of. American made jeans may be built differently, of course. Baloo finds this pocket invaluable for putting his railway tickets in. Conductors always wait till he's settled down with the laptop on before they want to see his ticket, and the little pocket is ideally placed for quick access. I realise that this wouldn't have been the same on the Plains or in the gold rush, where train tickets wouldn't have been such a concern to jeans wearers. Source: personal convenience.

    Apr 25 08, 4:41 AM

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