A dress with pockets is generally a bit loose and women tend to pull the lockets outwards like little wings to show their hands are in the pockets. My wife did this last week with a new dress.
I'm with you, hon. I totally get the cliche of womens' fashion and the lack of adequate pockets. I just don't get how these photos are at all related. At best, these vultures look more like stereotypical flashers in a trench coat exposing themselves to strangers than anything.