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Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! I stumbled across this handkerchief during preliminary research for a Father’s Day gift ...

Everybody knows what a handkerchief is. According to Wikipedia, a handkerchief, also called a hanky, or historically “handkercher”, is a form of a kerchief, typically a hemmed square of thin fabric ...

Most women my age probably all have one distinct memory surrounding their grandmothers: hankies. In our grandmothers’ day, no self-respecting lady of any gentility ever left her house without a hankie ...

To the uninitiated, the pocket square versus handkerchief debate might seem trivial. But in the realm of men’s fashion, these small square fabrics carry considerable weight in determining one’s style ...