Following the 18th century split-side skirt, I thought I'd make a set of inner pockets for it. Since the sides are split int he split-side skirt, it's easy to stick your hands inside and locate these pockets inside. They can be pretty big, so they do hold a lot!
As this page shows, they used to make such pretty inner pockets! If you search for the historical pockets, you will be amazed at how pretty they were. But I just wanted to try making some for myself, and I do not really care how pretty they looked, I just whipped up a quick set like the ones above. Again, I didn't like the idea of a knot in front of my belly, so I added two buttons and button holes. Initially I had only one button and button hole, but having two makes the whole thing sit well around my waist especially when I carry heavier things like my phone, a bunch of keys, and wallet, etc. I can carry quite a lot of things in them, and they are like a little purse! I think I should be able to use them for travelling as well since no one would dare put their hands in between my skirt sides.
After I made these and used them for a while, I found that I had to be careful to find the opening to the pockets with my hands. Sometimes I would put my stuff in the split of the skirt and drop them, and it would just fall by my foot. It took me a little while to get used to be careful.