Tommy Lee claims he knows the real reason jeans have those tiny pockets – but the Mötley Crüe drummer is dead wrong.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (July 26), Pamela Anderson’s ex had fans giggling over a meme he shared on the site.
Alongside a picture of the tiny pocket within the main pocket of a pair of jeans, a caption read: “Did you know? The tiny pocket in your jeans is for all the money you make from Spotify!” in a seeming dig at the music streaming giant.
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Fans were left divided in the comments section, however, as one said: “I love when millionaires cry about money.”
Someone else said: “Streaming sites are a rip off for working artists… can’t live on fame!”
As another posted: “You are iconic Tommy, I love you!”
But do you know the real reason for those tiny pockets?
They actually date back to the 1890s, when cowboys would rock Levi jeans – and use the tiny pocket to store their watches, which used to be worn on chains and kept in their waistcoats.
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To keep those timepieces from getting broken, the jeans introduced a tiny pocket to keep the watches.
Said pockets were stitched into Levi’s ‘waist overall’ jeans, with Strauss and J.W. Davis patenting ‘Improvement in Fastening Pocket Openings’ on May 20, 1873.
However, it’s also been claimed that back in the day, those tiny pockets would be used for storing everything from condoms to tickets, with tailored trousers boasting a similar element.
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Levi Strauss & Co historian Tacey Panek told Insider: “The oldest pair of waist overalls in the Levi Strauss & Co. Archives (from 1879) includes the watch pocket.
Our 19th century overalls had a single back pocket on right side of the pant beneath the leather patch.”
The pockets’ corner rivets were actually removed during WWII to preserve metal used for the war effort, and returned afterwards to “preserve the integrity of the early design” – despite not many people using a watch pocket today.
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