I love pockets but I’ve noticed that many pants i try on that have pockets don’t fit right. Pockets sit right around the hips for women, and can bulge depending on the design and material. I think I’ve unconsciously bought a lot of pants without pockets because of this. When I actually wear them out, they look nice with clean lines, but no pockets … and I am sad.
if women stopped buying pocket-less pants, they would cease to be sold in that volume... or rather, the best way for the general population to resolve this would be for a volume of disgruntled women to only frequent the few suppliers of decent-pocketed pants.
money talks, and they tend to sell what people buy... especially with these low-margin, high volume items. excess inventory is a big liability.
edit: a more specific answer to your question i guess would be, "women choose the silhouette of no pockets over pockets"... its about looks
I imagine it's cheaper to not include pockets. There are lots of additional pieces to cut and extra steps to sew. Sometimes they're made of different thinner material that's often white so additional fabric and thread to purchase. Because it's a different thread color, another person would have to sew that part. More personnel equates to higher cost.
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