Accessories for sartorial success
Multi-point fold
Wear it for: making a speech
It’s the trickiest to fold, and is a bit showy for wearing every day, but if you’re getting up in front of people it will add flair. Lay the square flat and fold the corners across and up to overlap each other, forming an arrow shape. Fold up the tip of the arrow, and slot it in your pocket with the corners pointing up. Blue and white polka dot silk square by Hackett, £15. www.hackett.co.uk
Triangular fold
Wear it for: boardroom meetings
Lay the pocket square flat in a diamond shape. Fold the corners at the side into the middle, tucking one under the other to the width of your breast pocket. Fold up the bottom corner so that its tip is a couple of inches below the top corner and stick it in your pocket, adjusting its angle as you see fit. Red and pink silk hanky by Harrods, £9.95. www.harrods.com
Puff fold
Wear it for: client lunches
The puff fold suggests a certain hale and hearty ebullience in the wearer – its can be both subtle and extrovert, relatively informal but rather dashing. Lift the pocket square from its centre, pull it between your thumb and fore finger and fold it over, before stuffing it elegantly into your pocket.
Animal print pocket square by William & Son, £55. www.williamandson.com
Watches that mean business
These watches work in any situation – understated but perfectly masculine, trumpeting cool sophistication and clarity over extraversion. IWC’s Portugueise Automatic (£8,250), on the left, is a lesson in classy proportional design, while English brand Bremont’s BC-Solo aviation watch (£2,250) achieves excellence through simplicity. www.iwc.com; www.bremont.com
Round cufflinks for perfect elegance
Clockwise from top left: Watch movement cufflinks by William & Son, price on application, www.williamandson.com
Enamel red, white and blue cufflinks by Brooks Brothers, £109, www.brooksbrothers.com
Sonia Spencer round cufflinks, £30, www.soniaspencer.com
Simon Carter Brummell cufflinks, £40, www.simoncarter.net