Editor's Note:  This is your 41st known stopped pick-pocket in Paris!

Dear Clothing Arts,

We just returned from a trip to Europe — Prague to Paris. On July 10th, we were at the Eiffel Tower late to see the lighted French icon. Being it was just a few days away from their National Day celebrations, the place was mobbed. We were packed in (literally shoulder-to-shoulder) which was a pickpocket’s dream. During the whole trip I was wearing your clothes — jeans and travel pants — and that night was a travel pants night.

The lighting event took place, the crowd was awed, and as we were leaving I felt a bump (a bit different than a crowd bump). I felt it a second time and turned to see a young boy (12-14 years old) frustrated that he couldn’t succeed in getting loot. We looked at each other, and I just grinned a bit and kept going. His look was frustrated. The next day a tour guide told me that young people are being used as they won’t be prosecuted if caught.

Thanks for the great travel clothing! It’s comfortable and allows us to really enjoy travel without the worry of losing whatever we are carrying.

- Bob B from Kingsport, TN

Editor's Note:  This is your 38th known stopped pick-pocket attempt in Paris alone! Pick-pockets employ misdirection against us to great effect. In this testimonial, Lewis was able to use the half dozen multi-secure pockets built into his pants to distract the pick-pockets from the real prize. By spreading out his valuables around his person, Lewis was able to get one over on the team of pick-pockets working this section of the Paris metro. They went for his coin purse and left his wallet with all the money safely secure behind multiple levels of protection! Here is how it happened:

Dear Clothing Arts,

April 21, 2022, as I entered a very crowded Paris Metro near Montmartre and was standing with my back to the open train door, I felt someone tugging at my right back pocket and leg. An iPhone cable was also twisted around my right foot to distract me.

As I hit at the hand on my back right pocket and moved away to my left, my coin purse fell to the floor from my unzipped left pocket.  

I had carefully kept the right pants and hip pockets zipped where I keep my cell phone and wallet, but I had just purchased a soft drink with coins from my small coin purse and failed to zip it or my left pocket.
 
The coin purse fell to the ground and coins spilled to the floor. As I reached down to gather the coins and the purse, the pickpocket team scampered quickly off the train.  

Fortunately, the pockets with my wallet and cell phone were carefully protected in zipped pockets, and the thieves got nothing for their efforts.  

Had the pickpocketers been able to get the coin purse, they would have gained only a little over a few Euros as I divided my money to only have a very limited amount in the purse.  

I wear Clothing Arts shirts and pants when I travel to areas where thieves have wandering hands, and the protection has paid dividends.  

- Lewis L. from Houston, Texas

Editor's Note: Bruce is a long-time wearer of our apparel having first upgraded in 2016. This is your 38th known stop in Paris!

Dear Clothing Arts,

Pickpocket pants strike again! I was on a very crowded Paris Metro when I was blocked by three aggressive males. I could feel their hands all over my clothes.

They were foiled!! I never travel without them!

- Bruce D. from Pennsylvania

Editor's Note: This stopped pick-pocket attempt occured on March 16, 2022. It is the fifth known stop since the restart of travel and your 37th overall stop in Paris... that we know about!

Hello Clothing Arts,

My daughter and I were on vacation in Paris over Spring Break. While many of your testimonials involve the subway, this one happened while we were observing a Monet at the Musee d'Orsay one afternoon.

I got slammed into hard by an older teenage boy or girl -- there were two of them, not sure which one it was but one slammed into me from behind and the other was trying to use that distraction to get at my pockets. It was a hard body contact -- reminded me of when I played rugby in college. Fortunately, I was wearing my PPP Adventure Travel Pants and had them on full lockdown; passports and vax cards for the two of us were in the inner zipped rear left pocket, with the outer pocket zipped and buttoned. My wallet was in my front left inner zipped pocket, with the outer pocket zipped and buttoned.

So, the bad guys didn't get anything (except a hard elbow - those old rugby instincts are pretty hard-wired at this point). PPP pants did the trick -- thanks! Another dad on our trip experienced this same method - body slam and grab at the front pockets - on the Paris subway platform that same day. Fortunately for him, his pants were pretty tight and they couldn't get in and out without getting caught (then running off).

​Thanks again for the great product!

Pat​rick M. from ​Dallas, Texas

Editor's Note: This is your 36th known stop in Paris and extends extends the City of Lights' lead over Rome to 4 as the "Unofficial Stopped Pick-Pocket Capital of the World." Plus that's 3 stops in a row for France as travel restarts!

Dear Clothing Arts,

Your pants do stop theft. They stopped robbers from accessing my wallet in the Paris subway.

My incident occurred just as I got on the subway train. I was overwhelmed by a group of young pick-pockets all female. They had their hands all over me but could not unzip my pockets. There were about 5 of them.

They got off at the next station and there was a woman next to me who had her money stolen from her money belt. So the pants are really excellent in stopping pick-pockets.

- Martin A. from Rockford, Illinois

Editor's Note: This is your 35th confirmed stop in Paris! The lead is now 2 stop over Rome for the "Unofficial Pick-Pocket Capital of The World." This testimonial came from a recent ***** Review on our Business Traveler Pants. RVJ is from Jacksonville, FL.

Editor's Note: This is your 34th known stopped pick-pocket in Paris... that we know about!

Dear Clothing Arts,

​​Your pants do stop theft. It stopped robbers from accessing my wallet in Paris.

My incident occurred on the subway train just as I got on. I was overwhelmed by a group of young pick​-​pockets ​- ​all female. They had their hands all over me but could not unzip my pockets. There were about 5 of them.

They all got off at the next station. There was a woman next to me who had her money stolen from her money belt.

So the pants are really excellent in stopping pick-pockets.

Thank you,
Martin A. from Rockford, Illinois

Editor's Note: This is your 33rd stopped pick-pocket in Paris!

Dear Clothing Arts,

While touring Paris a few years ago, we went to visit a famous market in the south of the city, Marché aux Puces de Vanves.

As we were walking through, there was a very tight, crowded area, and shortly thereafter I noticed that my back button was undone. Of course, they didn't get past the other button, zipper, or any further than that.

Now I'm back getting some new pants as they have "unfortunately" shrunk in the closet over the last years ago!

- John W. from Ontario, Canada

Editor's Note: This is your 32nd stopped pick-pocket in the city. Paris extends its lead over Rome to 5 stops as the "Unofficial" Pick-Pocket Capital of the World. This story was sent to us via Facebook & we received an update via email.

Dear Clothing Arts,

My husband and I had just boarded the RER at Gare du Nord in Paris, returning from a week in Lille. The train was crowded and as we boarded, a man reached to help my husband with his suitcase. Husband shook his head “no”, and at the same time felt a hand on his back pocket. Classic distraction pick.

Both men jumped off just as the doors closed and went in search of an easier victim.

My husband always thinks he is too aware to be caught by a pickpocket, and wears these pants to spare himself my nagging (he carries most of our cash). I think this made him a believer.

- Kathy Y. from Anchorage, Alaska

Editor's Note: This is your 31st known stopped pick-pocket in Paris!

Dear Clothing Arts,

I just got to Paris coming from Colmar via Gare de L’Est. I transferred from the TGV to the Metro line 4 to head to St. Germaine. As I got into the metro car a large guy in front of me kept blocking me as I tried to head for a wall or other safe space with my roll-aboard suitcase. He was grabbing at my right front pocket but didn’t get anything as it was zipped closed. It was sufficiently obvious at that point what he was doing that people in the vicinity started to comment and he got off the train before the doors closed.

The pants just paid for themselves, because even though I have backups of everything, it would have caused a huge hassle to file police reports and cancel cards.  

Thanks Clothing Arts.  

Lachlan C. from Seattle, Washington