Hip pocket pants, shorts and skirts

1. A pair of pants, comprising: a first pant leg and a second pant leg on opposite sides of a crotch area of the pair of pants, the first pant leg having a pants length extending along an outer portion of the first pant leg opposite the crotch area, the pants length extending linearly from a waistband at a top of the pair of pants to an opening at a bottom of the first pant leg; a front pocket having a first side adjacent to an inner surface of the first pant leg, a second side opposite the first side, and a void between the first side and the second side and accessible through a front pocket opening, the front pocket positioned between a seam extending along at least a portion of the pants length of the outer portion the first pant leg and the crotch area, the crotch area between inner portions of the first and second pant legs extending along a portion of a front of the pair of pants, having a zipper or button-up front crotch area; and a hip pocket having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a void between the first and second side accessible through a hip pocket opening, the hip pocket positioned along the outer portion of the first pant leg, separate from and adjacent to the front pocket, the hip pocket opening extending across the seam of the first pant leg, where the hip pocket opening is substantially perpendicular to the seam.

2. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein the hip pocket is an external hip pocket.

3. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein the hip pocket is an internal hip pocket including an outward facing surface of the first side, the outward facing surface comprising a first portion adjacent to the second side of the front pocket and a second portion adjacent to the inner surface of the first pant leg.

4. The pair of pants of claim 3 , further comprising an external hip pocket positioned on an outside surface of the outer portion of the first pant leg, the external hip pocket secured over the seam extending along at least the portion of the pants length of the outer portion of the first pant leg.

5. The pair of pants of claim 4 , wherein a top edge of the external hip pocket is aligned with and extends over a portion of an outer surface of a top edge of the front pocket.

6. That pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein a top edge of the front pocket and a top edge of the hip pocket are aligned.

7. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein the tip edge of the front pocket and the top edge of the hip pocket are combined to form a continuous edge across the outer portion of the first pant leg.

8. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein a top edge of the front pocket is below a top edge of the hip pocket.

9. The pair of pants of claim 8 , wherein the hip pocket opening of the hip pocket is seamless with the top edge of the hip pocket hidden from view.

10. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein the hip pocket is located between a waistband of the pair of pants and above mid-thigh of a wearer of the pair of pants when worn.

11. The pair of pants of claim 10 , wherein the hip pocket is located adjacent to a hip of the wearer.

12. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein the hip pocket is substantially centered about the seam of the first pant leg.

13. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein a bottom edge of the hip pocket does not extend below a bottom edge of the front pocket.

14. The pair of pants of claim 1 , further comprising a second hip pocket positioned along an outer portion of the second pant leg.

15. The pair of pants of claim 14 , wherein the second hip pocket is adjacent to a second front pocket of the pair of pants.

16. The pair of pants of claim 15 , wherein the second hip pocket has an opening that extends across a seam extending along at least a portion of a pants length of an outer portion of the second pant leg, the pants length extending linearly from the waistband at the top of the pair of pants to an opening at a bottom of the second pant leg, where the opening extending across the seam is substantially perpendicular to the seam.

17. The pair of pants of claim 1 , wherein the pair of pants are shorts.

18. A skirt, comprising: a waistband that secures around a waist of a wearer of the skirt; a hip pocket having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a void between the first and second side accessible through a hip pocket opening, the hip pocket positioned along a side portion of the skirt and adjacent to a hip of the wearer, the hip pocket opening substantially parallel to the waistband of the skirt and extending across a seam extending from the waistband along a skirt length of the side portion of the skirt, the skirt length extending linearly from the waistband to a hem at a bottom of the skirt, and a front pocket positioned forward of the seam, the front pocket separate from and adjacent to the hip pocket, where the front pocket comprises a first side adjacent to an inner surface of the skirt a second side opposite the first side of the front pocket, and void between the first side and the second side and accessible through a front pocket opening that does not cross over the seam, wherein the skirt comprises a front having a zipper or button-up front crotch area.

19. The skirt of claim 18 , wherein the hip pocket is located between the waistband of the skirt and above mid-thigh of the wearer of the skirt when worn, and the hip pocket opening that extends across the seam is substantially perpendicular to the seam.

20. The skirt of claim 18 , wherein the hip pocket is an internal hip pocket including an outward facing surface of the first side, the outward facing surface comprising a first portion adjacent to the second side of the front pocket and a second portion adjacent to the inner surface of the skirt.