How to Coordinate Pocket Squares & Pocket Handkerchiefs with Mens Clothing?
Learn It Here…

How do I coordinate pocket squares or pocket handkerchiefs to complete the combination of my overall attire? This is one of the most puzzling questions for most men who own pocket squares.

I must say it is not the most difficult one though. The way to do it is very much the same concept as any color coordination or pattern coordination.

White pocket handkerchiefs are never much of an issue in coordination. Its ability to blend with any color suit, ties, and shirts will never give you any headache about it. The tricky ones are the colored or patterned pocket hankies.

It has always been ideal to coordinate pocket squares against the color and pattern of your tie rather than your other ensembles.

Firstly, keep the color coordination of the hanky within the similar hues or same hue concept against either the solid color of the tie, its background color, or even any color of the patterns on the tie.

Remember to choose different shades of the hue between the pocket square and the tie. What we want to create is a spontaneous and relax blend toward your whole attire. Don’t make it feel like a great attempt.

Men who coordinate pocket squares or pocket handkerchiefs with the same color tone as their tie or background color of the tie will usually draw the attention from the face to across the chest.

Using pattern pocket squares against ties, shirts, or suits with patterns would require a good sense of understanding about small big scale pattern combination.

For small busy pattern on ties or dress shirts or even suits (tweed), it would be good to use a larger scale pattern hank as a counter. Otherwise, few combinations of small patterns can create discord.

Similarly, big scale patterns on suits, dress shirts, or ties, can afford small scale or even tightly packed patterns to counteract.

When there is an involvement of more than two patterns in the whole attire, play around with the concept of three pattern coordination discussed earlier.

To coordinate pocket squares against mens clothing, we have to focus on the fabric as well. Maintaining different textures of fabric between the hankies and ties is important.

It breaks away a rigid combo of similar fabric across your chest as well as sends out a natural flow of contrast expressing your individuality.

Cotton or linen pocket hankies always blend well with most silk ties. Similarly for wool ties, the shiny luster on the silk pocket squares plays out the natural contrast concept.

Even when the suit jacket is made of heavy and nubby fabrics like tweed, the silkiness of pocket squares gives it a lustrous contrast to finish off the look.

Do not assume that silky hankies are too flimsy against such heavy fabric. It is the method of folding that makes the difference.

Avoid having the hanky sagging into the breast pocket. Create a nice puff fold where it perks up around the breast pocket with natural fullness.