If Fashion Designers Made What Women Really Wanted, This Is What They Would Sell Us

If Fashion Designers Made What Women Really Wanted, This Is What They Would Sell Us

"Pockets deeper than the abyss."

That would be a great tagline for a dress, no? But it's an unlikely one. The fashion industry is more intent on vague promises of glamour through glossy ads and perplexing fashion shows with no real-life function. (Did you see the human backpacks?)
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Women are sold clothes that are great for pondering the meaning of life in the glare of Mario Testino's camera but fall short when it comes to weathering Chipotle food babies, sweaty dashes for the bus and long (itchy) days at the office. For women who need to eat, work, exercise and date in the clothes the industry produces, fashion often fails to deliver.

"Honestly, I really don't think that designers consider these needs when they design clothing," style expert and author Bridgette Raes told Mic. "[They] often see this as an affront to their creativity."

And so, in the service of designers too lost in a world of furry loafers and bedazzled selfie sticks to know what women want, we polled Mic readers on Tumblr and let our imaginations run wild in order to dish up some down-to-earth wisdom to those at the top of the fashion food chain.

If the fashion industry really made clothing that women wanted, here's what they'd be selling:

If Fashion Designers Made What Women Really Wanted, This Is What They Would Sell Us
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If  designers can make pockets that actually function for men, why do they insist on decorating women's jeans, jackets and skirts with faux pockets that won't hold more than a ball of lint? Enough, please, with what Tumblr user abowlofbranflakes calls "pockets full of lies." Here's what women want:

"Please for the love of all things holy, give me pockets deep enough to hold all of the tears that I will cry in happiness at finally being able to leave my home with all of my necessities without needing a bag." — Tumblr user estathom

"Pockets would be endless, much like Mary Poppins' tote." — Tumblr user polishingmirrors

"If a line of clothing promised me I would always have pockets big enough to hold my wallet and keys, I would never buy clothing anywhere else for the rest of my life." — Tumblr user down-sizing

"The pockets in these jeans can hold more than two nickels!" — Tumblr user theredhistorian

"Everything would have pockets, even better, Mary Poppins/Hermione's bag pockets. But really, I don't care if my phone makes it look like I have giant hips, I just want it to fit in my pocket." — Tumblr user magicwouldsolvetheenergycrisis

"Pockets deeper than the abyss." —  Tumblr user youmightbeamisogynist