Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 07/14/08 at 14:52:28:I always wonder how and why 18th century ladies in period movies were always able to have whatever they needed when they needed it even out in the middle of nowhere.
There is a pocket slit in the skirt of the dress that allows access to the pocket itself. You can see in the second photo the opening in the pocket. And YES indeed those things are seriously big carriers.
In my panniers I personally have carried my 18th century flintlock pistol, a fan, handkerchief, wallet, lipstick, cell phone, knife, sunscreen, blister bandaids, a bottle of water, a granola bar, a book, a few 60 cal lead bullets for show and tell, my gun cleaning kit, a comb, extra hairpins, eyedrops, and a spare garter....in ONE side pocket and it was NOT full!
A very good visual of this pannier-pocket use is in the movie "Last of the Mohicans" with whatshisface, oh yeah, Daniel Day Lewis. The lady Cora picks a pistol up off a dead guy and stashes it in her volumous pocket.
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