If cotton made, then it’s mostly fine to machine wash at the appropriate temperature but always best to check the care label or product details on site from your chosen retailer.

The color and clarity of the scene depicted, and the quality of this accessory are truly exceptional. Black tie pocket squares as a rule always need to be crisp, elegant and always complementary in colour to your tuxedo. As a blazer tends to be slightly more casual than a suit jacket, our preference is to go for more causal pocket square folds and colours.Our preference would be a specialist dry clean for ultimate guarantee but if you opt for a hand wash option, we recommend cold or lukewarm water and a little bit of non fragranced soap. If you think of a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the most conservative and 10 being the most flamboyant, then for your colours or fold you should go for something that is +2 above what you would normally choose for yourself. In contrast, cheaper pocket squares in the market are generally printed on inexpensive silk or a mixed cotton fibre content base. You may also be interested to see our post on shirt and tie combinations which has further insights into matching your accessories to get the most of our your outfit. Below are some examples of tie and pocket square combinations using three of the most popular jacket colours of navy, charcoal and brown.

White is classic and quick win, but if you really want to stand out and show confidence with your style, try opting for a rich pattern or print. We are often asked, what colour pocket square with a navy suit works best as the navy suit is such a classic suit choice. If you have a solid solid-coloured shirt (particularly white or sky blue) and a classic suit colour such as navy, then you are free to experiment with bolder colours and patterns with your tie, and you can provide strong contrast should you wish.The ties are the ideal width and length and their quality enables me to tie a full knot - always important. One of the great things about a pocket square is they are so incredibly versatile in how you wear them and reasonably subtle changes can have a big impact on your style. What this does mean is when you a pairing either a very dark or a very lightly coloured jacket you really are working with a blank canvas.

Most of these colours are on the darker end of the spectrum; for example colours like mustard, forest green, burnt orange, deep blue and violet, and of course, gold, navy and burgundy. It doesn't need to be a flamboyant colour combination or fold, but a subtle accent will make all the difference, particularly in the work environment. We use the finest mulberry silk and the quality of the fabric can be seen in the texture and the level of detail and vibrancy of the finished product.We like to keep a plain white silk pocket square for formal occasions, but even then like to mix it up with a little bit of texture or subtle variation in colour such as our ivory pocket square below which can be viewed here: White and Ivory Paisley Pocket Square. Our premium white pocket squares are available across three classic fabric basis, all with their own benefits and unique natural properties. A silk square is lightweight by its very nature and therefore anything less than 40cm (16 inches) will tend to slip down inside your pocket. On a pocket square like La Gourmandise (far left), we chose wool/silk for the fabric as it gives a perfect result - the texture is highly visible on the lighter parts of the painting, while the silk helps the blue and yellow to shine.