Handkerchiefs and Pocket Squares

[Feraud]

Am I the only one who keeps a cotton handkerchief in a pocket for blowing my nose or wiping away sweat?

Not at all. That is what they are for.

 

[Matt Deckard]

I just don't like the temptation of ruining silk.

 

[PADDY]

For blowing the nez...or wiping the brow...

I keep a work horse hankie in my trouser pocket. The pocket square is just for looks.

 

[LondonLuke]

Not at all. That is what they are for.

I meant having a decorative one on the breast, functional in the trouser pocket


But judging by the other comments here, I'm not alone!

 

[Craig Robertson]

In Claude Charbol's new film "Woman Cut in Half", one of the characters, the young, rich dandy, wears a series of wonderful sportcoats with silk pocket squares...puffed out. It looks great. (of course, it does help that he had Jean Paul Gaultier to pick out his clothes!)

 

[Tomasso]

I generally wear linen squares for biz and silk squares for play.

 

[Feng_Li]

I've seen pictures of gentlemen with the corners sticking out of the pocket in a sort of crown like look. But this always leaves the "100% silk" tag exposed.

If the tag is sewn in, remove it.

 

[arthur]

None of that foo foo colored stuff.Just good old white linen shoved casually in the pocket.Didn't colored pocket squares only come into vogue in the 60's?

 

[Geesie]

None of that foo foo colored stuff.Just good old white linen shoved casually in the pocket.Didn't colored pocket squares only come into vogue in the 60's?

I've seen pictures of colored pocket squares in dinner jackets from the 30s.

 

[Guttersnipe]

There's no right or wrong way in my opinion...

...to my mind it's all a matter of personal taste. I usually fold the square into a triangle with the points sticking out of the pocket. Generally I prefer silk squares.

 

[donCarlos]

Not at all. That is what they are for.

Are they? I don´t know, I find it a bit disgusting to blow my nose (or wipe the sweat) and then put this "used" handkerchief back onto display to the pocket... That´s why I always have one more in my pants.

 

[HungaryTom]

I keep a work horse hankie in my trouser pocket. The pocket square is just for looks.

Yes that's it.
Blowing my nose in them?!?!?!?!?!?

Tom

 

[Feraud]

Are they? I don´t know, I find it a bit disgusting to blow my nose (or wipe the sweat) and then put this "used" handkerchief back onto display to the pocket... That´s why I always have one more in my pants.

London Luke asked if anyone keeps a cotton handkerchief in a pocket (my assumption is he meant pants pocket) for blowing a nose or wiping sweat.
I answered this is what they are for and do not advocate blowing a nose and putting the hanky on display in a breast pocket. It'll ruin your social life.

 

[Tomasso]

"One for show, one for blow."

 

[Feraud]

"One for show, one for blow."

Sound advice.

 

[donCarlos]

It'll ruin your social life.

Of course it will That´s why it seemed strange to me. I just had to make that comment...

 

[funneman]

HungaryTom

That is one impressive collection!:eusa_clap

 

[bombayjack]

How do you like to fold a pocket square?

This is something I am constantly changing, adjusting, and wrestling with. How does your pocket square appear above the pocket? Straight across? One point? Three peaks? A whimsical flourish?

And does it change according to dress?

Also, technically, how do you like to fold it, if you can describe (i.e., number and directions of folds).

 

[Cody Pendant]

The Dunaway

The Dun-away is my favorite, with the puff at the front, points two on the outside shorter and outward facing and the inners taller and inward facing.

examples:
http://www.samhober.com/howtofoldpocketsquares/pocketsquarefolds.htm

Second is the 4 point.

As the mood strikes.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Four peaks: my favorite fold. Taught to me by my dad. Few people seem to know how to do it, for some reason.