I have to be honest: I don't really want pockets in my clothes

Sometimes we have to be brave and admit our true feelings and one of my brave and true feelings is that I really don't want pockets in my clothes all that much. Not useful pockets, anyway.

I simply do not yearn to carry things on my person in this way. Things are too many, too cluttered, to cumbersome. I want them tidily in a pouch that is not attached to my body. I want the ability to become completely unencumbered at any moment.

This is particularly true of skirts and dresses – to the extent that I'm suddenly confused about why the mythical dress with pockets is such a massive thing. Do we really want things in those pockets? Do we really want our phones and keys and wallets flapping about our hips as we move through the world?