Take jeans¹, for example: they were born as work clothing, so they couldn't be *too* impractical (and they definitely weren't a signal of wealth), and yet some people just hate wearing them, while others keep using them as work wear and would feel uncomfortable wearing anything else.

And I don't think that any of them are lying or self-deluded, just people being people and having wildly different tastes.

And then of course you get cases where a significant minority loves wearing something, a majority or so doesn't really care, and you get a social expectation that another significant minority will hate. And yeah, can we please stop enforcing those social expectations on those minorities, ideally while allowing the other minority to enjoy them? say, provide valid alternatives?

¹ pre-distressed jeans are 100% a signal of wealth and a moral failure and a sign of the imminent fall of civilization or something, but I don't think they are in any way less comfortable than a regular pair of jeans, so the difference should be only in the look?

and like @swoonie said, the pocket is there, it's just detached

compared to other clothing of a similar formality level it doesn't look that impractical (and depending on the weather it may even be more comfortable than the alternatives)

I'm still amazed by how people keep putting up with impractical or uncomfortable clothes...