Comments on: The Gentleman’s Pocket Square

By: glennis

glennis — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:28:31 +0000

-loved this! i love pocket squares too- so much that i started making them myself. i make other things too but one day it occurred to me that the technique i use in my textile work would be great for a pocket square…been collecting links that have fun and interesting thoughts on the matter and your is great!

By: pineapplechild

pineapplechild — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:16:30 +0000

amen to the churchill monday hotness!

i personally love a good pocket square, either on men or women, a fascination probably nurtured by my father, a man who knows the value of a well-tailored suit and a fabulous pocket square. (he can also rock a mean bow-tie)

By: megaera

megaera — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:04:29 +0000

Do you see me? Here I am madly waving my hand in the air like I just don’t care. I LURV a man in a pocket square. In fact, I managed to railroad my Dad into wearing one. The conversation went something like this: Me: Dad, wear a pocket square with your suit. It’d be AWESOME! Dad: I’ll wear a pocket square when I retire from my corporate job.
Guess what his retirement gift from me was! Yep. And between my Mother and myself, we’ve managed to make every suit occasion a pocket square occasion.

By: Idalin

Idalin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:08:27 +0000

What’s not to like about a man who ran half the free world and was quite the snazzy dresser?

Never thought about pocket squares, really, but love a long chiffon scarf as headband with the ends hanging out from under my long hair–compliments galore–especially for a red scarf. Sort of a 50s kind of look. I think a well-placed bobby pin would do wonders for the sliding–I found dancing was not kind to having the scarf stay put.

By: La Petite Acadienne

La Petite Acadienne — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:27:16 +0000

I have the same problem as Jen. I love the look of the scarf-as-headband, but regardless of the material, they always start sliding off. Stretchy elasticized headbands do the same thing. The only way they’ll stay on is if I wear the damn thing right across my forehead, which is more hippie than chic, and definitely isn’t the look I’m seeking.

By: Plumcake

Plumcake — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:07:46 +0000

Ameroux, a pocket square is primarily decorative a while a handkerchief is primarily functional. One would never blow one’s nose on a pocket square.

Jen209, the key is a thick silk twill. The thickest you can find. Satin and twill are two different sort of weaves, and of the two, twill will always grip better than satin. Silk also grips better than any unnatural fiber.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:25:31 +0000

My brother the alpaca rancher once had a dog that was half Shar Pei, half German shepherd. He couldn’t decide if the dog looked more like Winston Churchill or Winnie the Pooh, so he split the difference and just called the dog Winnie, figuring it would fit whichever people wanted to think the dog resembled more.

Also I happen to be in possession of one truly awesome Winston Churchill commemoritive plate that apparently dates from shortly after WWII. We found it in a random box of stuff after my MIL died. Good thing we looked carefully through all those boxes! The other stuff in there were wads of plastic grocery bags, about eleven million twist ties, a broken rice bowl from a cheap import store, and a Timex that had taken such a licking it had failed to keep on ticking.

The plate now holds a place of honor in our china cabinet…right above the Bicentennial Martha Washington Jim Beam bottle.

By: ChristianeF

ChristianeF — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:36:12 +0000

I love Winston Churchill so much I named my cat after him. Really. The other one’s Oscar Wilde, but that’s neither here nor there.

Erm. Anyway.

I second the fondness for pocket squares for men. I hadn’t ever considered wearing one myself, though. It’s a very clever idea.

By: class factotum

class factotum — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:34:17 +0000

We went to the Churchill War Rooms in London two years ago. The man was incredible. There is a spot at the end of the museum to write a note about one’s impressions. I wrote something like, “Thank God for Winston Churchill or it would be sprechen sie deutsch” for all of us.”

I loved reading his perspective of the American Revolution.

By: Barthway

Barthway — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:24:28 +0000

WHEN GOOD SENTENCES GO BAD, PART XLVIII:

>a diminutive man with snow white hair and a significant member