Question about how we used to think about pockets

Five years ago, I would design a dress and just add two side seam pockets as an afterthought (you know, the basic kind). Now, I start the whole sketch by figuring out where the pockets go first. The change happened for me about two years ago after I saw a talk where a designer said 'pockets are a structural element, not a feature.' It made me think about them as part of the shape. My last design had four pockets total, two angled ones on the hips and two hidden in a front seam. Has anyone else started designing from the pocket out?

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cora_perez3mo ago

How do you decide on the pocket placement first? Does it change the whole shape of the garment for you?

jamieh763mo ago

Pockets are the last thing I figure out.

jamieburns11d agoProlific Poster

Wait, @jamieh76, isn't that how everything in life works?