Burgundy/Wine - Pocket Square

olewy

Sister's wedding in the South of France in a week's time. Here's what I'm wearing:

Suit: grey
Shirt: light blue
Tie: burgundy/wine (two-tone diagonally shaded stripes, hard to explain fully but its nice)
Pocket square: preferably burgundy & silk but I can't find one in Dublin (yet).

Next don't sell them anymore.
M&S don't seem to have burgundy ones.
TM Lewin don't seem to have them in stock.
Tie Rack don't have burgundy ones.
Suit shops in Stephen's Green Shopping Centre don't have burgundy ones.

If I can't find a burgundy/wine pocket square I'll buy a white pocket square & wear a white shirt with the burgundy tie but I'd prefer not.

Rather than phone or visit multiple shops in Dublin (my next step if necessary) has anybody seen silk or cotton burgundy pocket squares (or hankerchiefs, same thing) selling in Dublin recently?

ladhrann

In my opinion I would avoid matching your pocket square or hank to your tie. This is very matchy-matchy and more a feature of women's fashion. On a man it may look like you hired the whole outfit in one go.

Instead try a crisp white Irish linen handkerchief to provide a contrasting texture to the rest of the fabrics you're wearing. You should be able to get that or a summery cotton hank in Kennedy & McSharry on Nassau St.

If possible get a hank with a hand-rolled edge rather than a machine-hemmed one, it gives the hank more shape and texture of you try a puff, or other folds in your breast pocket.