I have some beautiful solid colored pocket squares.  They make a wonderful foil to a patterned tie.

l find myself going away from full colour squares in the daytime. l'm looking at squares with a some sort of pattern on them now, they just look more interesting. l'm bored with full colour squares at the moment.

Solids are the backbone of a good collection of squares. I like patterns and wear them more often than solids, but if you've got stuff going on in your shirt, tie or suit fabric, you need a little restful spot of solid color. They have their purposes.

I really wonder what some of the people over there really wear ( as opposed to what they post, which is often contrived)

Last edited by yachtie (2008-03-06 09:11:17)

I think there's a real tendency to fetishize certain pieces of clothing. Matt, I remember an excellent point you made before about how people on the forums tend to pick really beautiful-looking shoes without considering how they might actually fit into an outfit. I think the same thing happens with pocket squares; as individual objects, they are really easy to admire. I really have to temper myself when shopping for them--maybe 3/4 of my pocket square collection were mistakes.

This isn't to say that an intricately patterned square can't work, but a solid square can be really useful in harmonizing an outfit, even if it is kind of boring on its own.