Editor's Note: This stopped pick-pocket testimonial came from a review of our Adventure Traveler Pants.

Editor's Note: This stopped pick-pocket testimonial started with a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review of our Business Traveler Pants. We then followed up with Tom to learn more about the story and here is how it happened...

- Here is our follow-up correspondence with Tom -  

Dear Clothing Arts,

It was a first-time trip to Italy for the mrs. and me. I was aware there was a pickpocket problem there, especially since one of my son’s friends almost caught a fellow with his hand in his pocket. Anyway, the Rome Tiburtina station was crowded and we were trying to figure out where to find our train to Naples. We were tired from our flight, not as sharp as we should have been.
 
I was looking at the board of destinations and got bumped on my right side, though I felt something at my left pocket. When I reached down the zipper was halfway open. I figured he got his fingers in but had no luck. My cash, credit card, and ID were zipped inside the inner pocket of the business pants, no way he was getting to that, and our passports were in an RFID pouch tucked inside a thin book tucked inside the Velcro pocket, no way he was getting to that.
 
Usually, I never go into the left pocket during the day, but this was the first day and I was not as careful. In my right pocket, I zip in a photo ID, one credit card, some euros; my phone goes in the hidden pocket behind the Velcro. This is normally the only pocket I use for shopping, eating, and drinking. I never put anything in my back pockets.
We quickly figured out the trains and took them back to Rome, then to Venice, Florence, and Pisa. Pisa was very crowded too and I felt there was another attempt there, but whoever it was was completely deterred by the outer pocket.

Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, any time I go thru an airport, basically any crowded place, I wear your pants. They are the best for peace of mind. Besides security from pickpockets, I love it that I can zip the pockets shut and not worry about anything falling out. I will confess that in Italy, after that first day, I wore them every day for the three weeks we were there, Thank goodness they wash and dry fast and look great.

- Tom M. from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Editor's Note: We received this story from a Facebook comment by Edward S. from Minneapolis, Minnesota. This testimonial comes to us from the Eternal City which currently sits at #2 on our Top Cities List. It marks the 28th known stopped pick-pocket in Rome and narrows Paris' lead as the "Unofficial" Pick-Pocket Capital of the World to 5 stops. He wears both our pants and shirts which have served him well over the years. A comment from 6 months ago got him to share his experience wearing Pick-Pocket Proof Clothing. "Look upon them as insurance," he says, describing the value they add to his wardrobe.

Dear Clothing Arts,

While getting on a bus from Palermo to Monreale last year, I had the good experience of not getting pickpocketed. Three men had blocked me in so it wasn’t possible to get my arm down, while one was trying to get my right pocket open. Fortunately, my wallet and phone were secure in the pockets of my Clothing Arts Pants.

Having traveled extensively in Italy, I now realize that one is much safer to keep your Clothing Arts clothes on, rather than leaving them behind, even in a locked hotel room. Alas, I left my new Cubed Jacket in the locked hotel room, since the weather in Venice wasn’t cold enough to wear it, but didn’t think to remove my passport and money. Returning after 6 hours, the door was locked, but the Cubed Jacket was gone along with my passport and money. I loved the Cubed Jacket, and my three month trip to Italy from mid-Oct to mid-Jan was my first use. I have five pairs of the slacks and love them well enough to wear them at home in Asheville. I have recommended them to friends, who have also bought them. You need to advertise more widely. Best travel clothes, ever.

- Richard N. from Asheville, North Carolina.

Editor's Note:  This is your 27th known stopped pick-pocket in Rome.

Dear Clothing Arts,

I was in a cathedral in Rome and while taking a video of the place, a little kid ran to me, and hugged me while I was busy filming. When I finally pulled him away, his whole family came over and apologized.

Then I realized that the buttons on my left front pocket were opened, but he could not get any further. All my documents were in my pocket thanks to the shorts.

- Michael G. from New York, USA

Editor's Note: This is your 3rd known stopped pick-pocket in Florence!

Dear Clothing Arts,

I'm a believer. I bought two of the cargo shorts to use on our Italian vacation and they did the trick yesterday. I was in Florence, waiting in front of a restaurant, when someone tried to pick my pockets.

There was a mobile vendor behind me and the pickpocket was pretending to shop it while bumping against me and groping my pockets. I was fully aware of what he was doing and, on his second attempt, smiled at him and waved him off. Busted, he scrambled away.

These things are great. They take some getting used to but, with some practice, you can get to what you need to without too much delay.

Thanks!
Matt R. from Minnesota, USA.

Editor's Note: This is your 3rd known stop in Milan and comes from a recent ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of our Adventure Traveler Pants!

Today, we are proud to bring you an incredible triple-stop from Venice, Italy! The beauty and uniqueness of the city create amazement and opportunities for distraction unique in all the world. Combine that with the confined spaces aboard the public boats, the vaporetto, which navigate its canals/waterways, and you have a pick-pocket's playground.

Travelers wearing their Pick-Pocket Proof ®️ Apparel have encountered pick-pockets here before but never like John W. from California, USA, did on a recent travel. His Adventure Travel Pants ran into not one, or two, but three pick-pockets! It is a good thing he had triple-secure pockets...

This testimonial came via Facebook and we followed up to learn more. We have not heard back to add more to the story, but based on when the story was submitted, it is time to publish it. We will follow up if / when we learn more.

Here is how it happened:

Editor's Note:  This testimonial came in via a Facebook post. The train referred to in the messages is the Circumvesuviana line. This is the train you would take to get to Pompeii or Herculaneum, which accounts for the high number of tourists and the pick-pockets who target them. Mike G. is from Utah, USA.

Editor's Note: This is your 26th known stopped pick-pocket in Rome!

Dear Clothing Arts,

On a recent trip to Rome, I got on a crowded tram heading to the train station. My wallet was in the front zippered pocket. As we got close to the station, the crowds thinned, but I was still being pressed by a couple of people. At one point, I looked down and saw a hand in my pocket trying to pull my wallet out. The zipper had been opened but slowed the thief down enough that I caught her red-handed.

Her accomplices intervened after I pushed the pickpocket away and yelled at her for trying to steal my wallet. They got off the tram at the next stop and disappeared into the crowds, but I still had my wallet thanks to your pants!

- Randall W. from Utah​