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Pockets are Mystery Archivespretty useful for human beings. You can use them to store stuff that you really need, to keep your hands warm, or even just to strike a really cool pose. The possibilities are, quite frankly, endless.

But, when it comes to women's clothing, pockets are the one thing that are conspicuous by their absence. Speaking as a pocket-loving woman, trying to hunt down an outfit with pockets is basically the same as hunting for the Holy Grail.

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Olivia Colman, Oscar-winner and clothes-wearer, likely knows this struggle all too well. She rocked up to the Academy Awards in a dress with pockets.

See what I mean about striking a really cool pose? Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

We're not sure whether Colman was making a deliberate statement, but we are here for it regardless.

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Colman wasn't the only person sporting a pocket on the red carpet.

Sarah Paulson also looked extremely cool wearing this pink-pocketed gorgeousness.

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Gemma Chan also led the pocket-wearing revolution.

Gemma Chan is a pocket-wearing queen. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Wearing pockets shouldn't be a radical act, but until they put pockets in all our clothes, expect a lot of fanfare about pockets!

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