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Different Types of Fashion Pockets
Different Types of Fashion Pockets
1. Bellows Pockets
This type of pocket has a centre box pleat or inverted pleat that expands when the pocket is
used. Also called Safari pocket. This pleat can be at the center of the pocket or along the sides.
This is a type of expandable pocket.
2. Besom Pocket
Besom Pockets are inset pockets seen on a man’s suit jacket made with a narrow welted edge
above the pocket opening. (welt pockets)
It is a double-besom pocket if both edges have welts. You can find the most common styles of
pockets used in suit jackets in the picture below.
The pocket seen on the upper chest area (left) on men’s jackets. A Besom pocket is a breast
pocket.
4. Cowl Pocket
This is a decorative patch pocket that has folds of fabric draped around the opening like a
scarf.
5. Expandable pockets
These are pockets which have the capacity to expand if there is a need. This expandability is
contained in its design like folds, pleats, tucks and gathers.
You can make a tucked pocket with a central tuck containing the extra fabric or gathered
pocket which gathers to the top edge of the pocket. An Accordion pocket is the most common
expandable pocket with folds in the sides allowing it to expand and enable you to fill the pocket
with all your things.
The cargo pocket is an expandable pocket with a flap usually seen in pants by the name cargo
pants. Check out the tutorial to make a cargo pocket
6. Faux Pockets
Faux pocket
7. Flap Pocket
This pocket has a flap covering the slit of the pocket. This type of pocket is usually seen in
formal clothes like jackets. The pocket is usually a patch pocket or a welt pocket or a slit pocket.
The flap is usually rectangular shaped but angled shaped flaps and curved flaps, angled flaps are
also popular.
The flaps will sometimes have a buttonhole on them with button fastening on the pocket. Usually,
Double flap pockets are particularly popular in casual shirt styles. Double flap pockets are same
8. Hacking Pocket
waistlevel.
9. Hidden Pockets
These are secret pockets that are sewn to the inside of garments to safeguard your belongings.
This is usually additionally added and is not visible from the outside. Easy to make they are a
This is a patch pocket with a side opening which allows you to insert your hand inside.
person wearing the jeans. The back pockets of jeans come in many shapes – Standard,
Rounded, Curved, Arch. They sometimes have different types of flaps -Standard Flaps, Rounded
Check out this beautiful picture on the different types of pockets you find on jeans
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This pocket is as named added as a patch on the garment. It is also the most common type of
pocket. You must have seen patch pockets on shirt fronts. It can be of different shapes like square,
Sometimes patch pocket is stitched with a pleat in the front. The pleat is usually a box pleat or
an inverted pleat. This pleat is given so that you get more space inside. They are then called the
Bellows/Safari Pockets -outside pockets made with center box pleat or inverted pleat that
This is the type of pocket that hangs along the side of the garment connected to it only at the
top.
This is a combination of a welt pocket and patch pocket. The Patch is just a decorative element
This is one of the most common types of pockets you see in garments. You must have seen this
in the back of pants. It is named so because from the outside you only get to see the slits of the
from the waist and goes diagonally down to the sides. This pocket is a kind of back facing to the
front of the garment. Sometimes it is shaped as a curve or as straight but slanted. They are also
Jeans slash pocket is shaped in a slightly different manner from trouser slash pocket which is
more slanting. A scoop pocket is a slash pocket which has a curved shape
Checkout the tutorial to sew a Pajama Pants with slash pockets for instructions. You can add this to
any pant or skirt pattern by following the directions. In the tutorial, the pocket bag in the back
of the garment is stitched to the face of the garment whereas you can also leave the pocket bag
hanging loose.
A shirt pocket is a patch pocket. This pocket is top stitched to the garment. The two common
types of patch pockets on shirts are angular shaped pockets & round shaped pockets. They are
placed on the left side of the shirt. They are usually placed a little above the third buttonhole.
It can have the bottom edge straight, round shaped or shaped into a triangle; the top edge can
The patch pockets on shirts are usually of size 4 3/4 inch by 5 1/4 inch; they can be slightly
smaller as well for smaller shirts. The position of the shirt pockets is about 2.5 inches from the
24.Zippered Pocket
This is a variation of Kangaroo pocket with different divisions for carrying tools and such, usually