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Pocket Squares.

The one accessory that adds more to a jacket than it removes from the man wearing it.

A pocket square is a small gesture with a disproportionately large effect. A white linen pocket square in the breast pocket of a dark suit jacket — neatly pointed or softly puffed — adds visual completion to the outfit that the pocket square's absence never provides. A coloured or patterned pocket square adds personality. It costs almost nothing to do correctly, and the difference between a jacket with and without one is visible at a distance. At The Black Lapel, we carry pocket squares in white linen, white cotton, and patterned silks to complement bespoke commissions.

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The pocket square — folds, colours and context

The white pocket square — in linen or fine cotton — is the most formally correct and the most versatile. It works with any suit, any tie colour, any occasion. The flat fold — where the square is folded to show a clean white rectangle — is the most formal. The one-point fold shows a single triangle of white. The puff fold creates a loose, relaxed mound of cloth in the pocket — less formal, more personal.

A coloured or patterned pocket square adds personality and should relate to the colours of the outfit — not match them exactly (a tie and pocket square in identical pattern look costume-like) but echo them: a pocket square that picks up one of the secondary colours in the tie pattern, or complements the jacket cloth, reads as considered and deliberate.

In silk, a pocket square has a slight sheen and a soft hand that drapes easily. In linen, it is crisper and more structured. In cotton lawn, it is intermediate. Each suits a slightly different occasion and a slightly different suit.

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