Men’s fashion that we’re jealous of

Look, I know we’re extremely happy to be girls and that we can choose from dresses, skirts, short or long pants, high heels or flats every day, but despite all of this wonderful choice we still end up looking longingly at his cupboard. Because we may have choice, but men have ease. And just once in a while, we’d like that too.

Trouser Pockets

The benefit of not having endlessly deep trouser pockets (seriously, men’s trousers are like a magical well where EVERYTHING fits in) is that we have a good excuse to buy crazily expensive handbags. We need them. But it would sometimes be entirely practical to carry only essentials in our trouser pockets and to leave the other 7,5 kilos of stuff that we usually carry around at home. I recently went out in a trouser suit and not carrying a bag was like a breath of fresh air.

Inside pockets

A jacket with an inside pocket would be fabulous. I have a denim jacket with two inside pockets and for some reason I find it far handier than a normal pocket. Strangely enough women’s jackets don’t often have inside pockets. Why is that? Even worse is a jacket with a fake pocket, that’s stitched up and needs to stay stitched. Every minute that you wear it, you’re wishing that those stupid flaps actually functioned instead of sitting there like silly useless flaps.

Always comfortable shoes

You may suggest that women who complain about the pain of heels go find their happiness with a pair of flats, but even these can be downright painful. They pinch at the toe and heel and you get the same gigantic blisters as from Jimmy Choos. Men don’t have this, they march around on their multi chill sneakers and never have to deal with the pinch. Not fair.

Impossible and unfathomable sizes

‘Just’ ordering something quickly is never quickly, you first need to have a doctorate in higher mathematics to figure out the thousands of different sizes. A 10 at Topshop is never a 10 at Asos and the M at H&M has nothing in common with the M at the Zara. The sizing in men’s clothing is far more consistent and once you know your size, you know your size.

Pieces of clothing that are more complicated than a piece of IKEA furniture

I once went into a changing room with one dress and spent about four days trying to figure out how to wear the thing. Something with ties and zippers and flaps and pieces of cloth and god knows what else. It looked lovely and low-key on the doll, but once I had it in the changing cubicle I wished for an Ikea type guide to help me figure out what to do with it. And especially how to get it on. The taking off process was the most un-charming moment ever and I think I spent fifteen minutes in total panic with my arms stuck up in the air against the wall. Seriously men would never have experienced this.