Unique outerwear pocket details

[Retserrof]

Hi all, thought I might post a thread for anyone who might want to post their most interesting, unique, aesthetically pleasing, or most functional outer pocket designs they've seen or owned on a jacket.

I'm also going to piggy back off this and post something I saw today - does anyone know what this rectangular section is on the chest of a cafe racer? Is it a pocket? I can't see an opening.

 

[bigmanbigtruck]

That's a very curious looking "pocket". It does seem like there's no opening. Was it decorative? Did they forget to install a flap like so. No idea on my end.

Any idea on the maker or model of this jacket?

In terms of being aesthetically pleasing, I tend to favor D-pockets. But the ones that uniquely stand out are the:

Trojan	Star Glove	HD Cycle King

Not to say they're not functional. From personal experience, the Trojan and Star Glove are very functional.
But the most functional is the offset zip on the Appalachian that I have - you could store a whole damn bottle of your favorite beverage in there and still have some room to spare.

 

[TLW '90]

I'm guessing that the pocket is on the inside and is probably for a phone.

 

[Retserrof]

That's a very curious looking "pocket". It does seem like there's no opening. Was it decorative? Did they forget to install a flap like so. No idea on my end.
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Any idea on the maker or model of this jacket?

In terms of being aesthetically pleasing, I tend to favor D-pockets. But the ones that uniquely stand out are the:

Trojan	Star Glove	HD Cycle King
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Not to say they're not functional. From personal experience, the Trojan and Cycle King are very functional.
But the most functional is the offset zip on the Appalachian that I have - you could store a whole damn bottle of your favorite beverage in there and still have some room to spare.

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From your D-pockets, I'm a huge fan of the Tojan, both with the shape and the contrast double stitching. I do think the Cycle King has a more.. elegant tear drop shape?

Regarding my mystery, it's a jacket collab from one of the Mccoys - either Real Mccoys or Toys Mccoys with Issey Miyake. I can't imaging them forgetting to finish up a detail. So I'm very confused as to what the detail is.

 

[Retserrof]

I'm guessing that the pocket is on the inside and is probably for a phone.

Quite possibly and if so I wonder "whyyyyy"? Surely it could have been a hidden detail. This is a Mcoys jacket too, making it very.. unique.

 

[bigmanbigtruck]

I'm guessing that the pocket is on the inside and is probably for a phone.

You may be right - such an eyesore to look at though lol

 

[Retserrof]

You may be right - such an eyesore to look at though lol

Here you go, feast your eyes. Aesthetically ruins what otherwise would be a lovely jacket.

 

[bigmanbigtruck]

Here you go, feast your eyes. Aesthetically ruins what otherwise would be a lovely jacket.
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Somehow, it's even worse than I imagined....
it's like they nailed every detail, then decided to slap this on at 4.59pm on a Friday and yelled "Ship it!"

 

[Aloysius]

Honestly the patch pocket looks fine to me and seems like it was a modification added after the fact; the only weird thing is that it doesn't have a flap (which would be useful since it's on weatherproof outerwear).