Convertible outerwear and carrying bag

A convertible outerwear and carrying bag combination comprising:

• an outer garment having interior and exterior surfaces;
• a carrying bag pocket attached to the interior surface of said outer garment, the carrying bag pocket including panel sections defining a garment opening in the exterior surface of the outer garment, the panel sections having interior and exterior surfaces, the carrying bag pocket and the outer garment being disposed in topologically continuous relation such that the carrying bag pocket may be inverted through the garment opening and arranged to receive the outer garment, the carrying bag pocket when inverted through the garment opening providing a carrying bag by enclosing a volume substantially larger than that required for receiving the outer garment;
• handle means receivable within and attached to the interior surfaces of the carrying bag pocket, the handle means being disposed on the exterior surface of the carrying bag formed by inverting the carrying bag pocket through the garment opening;
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• a pouch pocket secured to the exterior surface of the carrying bag pocket, the pouch pocket having panel sections defining an access opening in the carrying bag pocket;
• the outerwear, the carrying bag pocket and the pouch pocket being arranged in topologically continuous relation such that the pouch pocket may be inverted through the carrying bag access opening and the outerwear garment opening and arranged to receive the outerwear and carrying bag pocket, the pouch pocket providing a pouch by enclosing an interior chamber having a volume capacity for containing the outerwear and the carrying bag pocket in compact relation.