Pocket squares come in different materials such as silk, cotton, linen, and wool. Cotton and linen are both very versatile materials and can be worn with a variety of outfits.

Cotton and linen pocket squares work exceptionally well with this fold. Creating this fold with a silk pocket square may be tricky but if done correctly, it looks just as elegant.

Paul Smith cotton pocket square, $60, Apartment Number 9, 1804 N. Damen Ave. Drake’s cotton pocket square, $70, mrporter.com. Silk twill pocket square, $150, Hermès, 25 E. Oak St.

Wearing a colored silk or cotton pocket handkerchief is indeed a nice way to dress up a suit jacket or a blazer. It should be either a color-coordinated silk square or a white linen/cotton ...

He has a point, to a point. The pocket square, often cotton but sometimes silk, often patterned but just as often plain, has been part of a man's wardrobe since the days of Richard II.

Linen white pocket squares or cotton ones are also used for its true gentlemanly purpose: service. Presented at the most opportune time, it displays a man’s true gentility.

Three-button wool jacket ($695) and cotton shirt ($125) by Polo Ralph Lauren; cashmere sweater vest ($495) by Ermenegildo Zegna; silk tie ($185) and silk pocket square ($95) by Ralph Lauren Purple ...

So you grab the pocket square like that and we're talking about a silk pocket square, not a cotton pocket square, so it has a little more drape to it. Grab it in the middle, ...