Editor's Note: The Clothing Arts Team would like to take a moment to thank everyone who selects to see the world with our secure pockets. A decade ago, our founder had a run-in with a team of pick-pockets and decided to do something about it. Today, we are proud to celebrate your 200th stopped pick-pocket. Simply amazing!! This is your fourth known stopped pick-pocket here in the US.

Dear Clothing Arts

Pickpockets were out in force in New Orleans during the recent NCAA Final Four. I wore your pants, with my iPhone, wallet, and cash behind velcro, zippers, and button tabs, and didn't lose a thing. Not for lack of their trying.  

I felt my pockets brushed and bumped several times in the crowds in the Superdome, and in the throngs going to and from. One particularly obvious miscreant was working the trolley car stops on Canal Street. I tried to board several cars in a row, stepping up to ask the driver if they went to the riverfront. Each time, a stubby little man wearing Kansas gear crowded up to my left side as I stepped up, and held a warmup jacket next to my side, covering my pockets. I held my hand down on that side, and finally swatted his arm away and told him to go away and work on his technique.

Without your pants, I very likely could have been missing an iPhone. Stairs may be a particularly vulnerable spot for having your front pockets picked; they open up as you step up. But not with your zippers and button tabs.

- Charlie W. from North Carolina

Editor's Note: With north of 300,000 Pick-Pocket Proof Pants now walking the world, the odds of two travelers both wearing them in the wild increase by the day. If you do run into one, the best thing to say is, "nice pants!" That is what our founder / designer Adam said when he spotted a fellow traveler wearing a pair in Taiwan a few years back.

Hello Clothing Arts,

I am writing to tell you my encounter with one of your customers. I recently went on a National Geographic tour to Egypt. I met a fellow traveler on our tour and said we have the same tailor in pants. He told me he loves the pants and they saved him on his last trip to Italy. His backpack was robbed while wearing it but they didn't get his passport or other id's because they were in his Clothing Arts pants. He said to me they work great and I will be well protected while wearing mine. By the way he was the expedition leader for our trip!

Howie N. from Long Branch, New Jersey

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: Paris may be one of the "Unofficial Pick-Pocket Capitals Of The World," but this testimonial reinforces that it pays to be prepared no matter your destination. Idyllic Strasbourg doesn't seem like a pick-pocket mecca, but as long as tourists visit, the pick-pockets are sure to follow.

Dear Clothing Arts,

My PPP Pants saved me from a pick-pocket in a packed train station elevator in Strasbourg, France last September. Two young "gypsy" ladies turned out to be working pickpockets in the train station elevator and one of them tried to get into my pockets while I was packed in like a sardine and could not physically react.
 
I felt the girl trying to get into my pockets but she could not. While one girl yelled and pointed to the elevator ceiling the other tried to get into my pants (no double entendre intended). She could not get my pockets open. They were closed for business.

My pants saved my trip to France. I reported the attempt to the police who caught the perps who were regularly doing this crowded elevator scam. We probably stopped a lot of other travelers from getting picked.

- Harold C. from Arroyo Grande, California

Editor's Note: This is your 32nd stopped pick-pocket in Rome and came to us by way of a Facebook message. Jeff L. from Brewster, New York and has worn both his Adventure & Business Traveler Pants since 2017.

Editor's Note: This testimonial comes from a recent ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of our Adventure Traveler Pants and bring the Clothing Arts story full circle. One of the cities Keith reports stopping a pick-pocket was Xian. In 2007, our Founder / Designer Adam Rapp had a run-in with a team of pick-pockets beneath the Bell Tower in the city and went on to create the pants Keith was wearing on his travels!

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 second known stopped pick-pocket attempt in Mexico, and your second stop in Playa Del Carmen.

Dear Clothing Arts,

I have been targeted by an older guy in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The scam is he sprays a brownish substance on your back, shorts, and legs. He then claims it is bird poop. (Believe me you don't feel a thing when he does this) As he "helps" you to clean it off with some tissues he robs you in the process.

His female accomplice pulls the same scam on the ladies. They clean you out. Wallets, Passports, Billfolds, Phones, and Purses. Well, when he targeted me he got absolutely nothing. Zip, Nada, Bugger all. My Clothing Arts Shorts stopped him in his tracks, NOTHING was taken. Thanks Team.

And just a random thought, Bird Poop is usually white !! :o)

Best Regards,
Alan S. from Tukwila, Washington​

Editor's Note:  Incredibly, this is the 31st known stopped pick-pocket in Rome! This testimonial was recently sent in by Dale J. via a Facebook comment and is your first known stop since travel has restarted.

As tourists return, pick-pockets will inevitably follow. The pick-pockets have been out of work for nearly 2 years and we expect to see a rise in attempts being made in the near term. So now more than ever, it pays to be prepared. Since receiving this testimonial, we have learned of two more successful stops that we will publish shortly. Dale was wearing a pair from our Adventure Traveler Line where the front pockets features a horizontal security guard unique to our apparel.

Pro-tip: Wear your shirt untucked to cover the pocket as a 4th layer of defense, on top of the triple-secure design our pants offer. The pick-pocket will have no idea what is going on with your pocket and move along to find an easier target... since everyone else has unsecured pockets, why try harder?!?!