Old Navy launches “BODEQUALITY” on Aug. 20 to make its clothing sizes for women more inclusive. No longer will there be a separate plus sizes section.

Old Navy will end its practice of separate plus-size sections for women’s clothing in stores and online and begin offering all of its women’s apparel in sizes 0 to 30.

A reader wonders why pockets in women’s wear remain “small and useless” — when they’re included at all. The answer is tangled up with a host of social issues, our critic writes.