Women demanding functional, capacious pockets in their garments is not a new phenomenon — but one stretching back hundreds of ...

For generations, this rural community has celebrated the festival with a special custom where men dress in women’s clothing, including silk sarees and modern Punjabi dresses, and visit the Rathi ...

But at their core, pockets represented functional clothing, and women’s dress was meant to be decorative; these ideas crystallized during the Enlightenment era, which also led to men ditching ...