Q. When I wear a handkerchief in my suit pocket, is there a specific kind that it needs to be to look crisp and not like a Kleenex shoved in there? A. When you are wearing a handkerchief in your suit ...

Q. In one of your columns you wrote about pocket squares. But I would like more information on pocket handkerchiefs. When are they appropriate? Is linen the only acceptable fabric? What are the proper ...

Q I was watching the new "Reacher" TV series and there was a scene in which he gets dressed as a lawyer by a top New York tailor with a quick reference/joke about adding a pocket square. He definitely ...

I've always been a handkerchief man, never leaving home without one tucked into my back right pants pocket. The habit goes back at least to second or third grade at Paxton Center School, when we ...

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When I graduated from high school somebody gave me a set of monogrammed handkerchiefs. And that's the last time I remember seeing them. I do not carry a handkerchief, although some men consider it a ...

Scott Turow is a lawyer and author. His latest novel, “The Last Trial,” is scheduled for publication in May. The text from my son said it all: “Dad, there’s an article you were born to write that the ...