Would Be Interested To Know When Pockets Were First Put In Clothing. Any Ideas, Folks?

[aunceyday]

What culture first thought it would be a good idea?

[barry1010]

About 500 years ago in menswear - waistcoats and trousers

[pixie374]

I never realised until I put my son's jeans on by mistake, that their pockets are so much bigger!

[Buenchico]

See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket#Origins

[barry1010]

It was certainly Europeans that first used pockets

[Spungle]

This article from the Victoria and Albert Museum has some interesting facts on this subject! http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/history-of-pockets/

[Khandro]

I think it was the Chinese;
Confucius he say, 'man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day'.

[weecalf]

Then snooker pool billiard tables had to get in on the act gotta pick a pocket or six .

[Mozz71]

//What culture first thought it would be a good idea?//

One that kept losing it's keys?