THE GENTLEMEN'S GENT

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

How to Fold a Suit Pocket Handkerchief - The Reverse Puff Fold

1. Start with a fully open square

2. Find the centre of the square...

3. ...and pinch between forefinger and thumb

4. Let it hang from your grip loosely

5. Flip the handkerchief 180 degrees so tail end is on top and grip around the middle

6. Poke it into your breast pocket and you have a Reverse Puff Fold. Tweak at ends to personal preference.

How to Fold a Suit Pocket Handkerchief - The Four Point Fold

1. Start with an fully open square

2. Turn the square so it makes a diamond shape and fold in half with peaks next to each other...

3. ...like this

4. Take the bottom right corner across to the left of the two central peaks...

5. ...like this

6. Take the left bottom corner and do the opposite side...

7. ...like this

8. Pat the creases flat

9. Take the excess on the left and fold in...

10. ...like this

11. And take the excess on the right...

12. ...and do the same

13. Pinch the bottom triangle of handkerchief...

14. ...and tuck it up like this to fit into you suit breast pocket

15. You have a Four Point Fold. Adjust height to personal preference.

How to Fold a Suit Pocket Handkerchief - The Slanted Three Point Fold

1. Start with an open square

2. Fold in half length ways

3. Fold that in half width ways this time to make a square again

4. Pinch the bottom right corner...

5. ...and rotate round so is now a diamond shape facing you

6. Keeping that pinch fold the bottom point to the left of the top point

7. Then fold the bottom right corner across and lay it next to the two peaks as shown above. Pat down creases if needed

8. Fold remaining end around to form a base

9. And there you have a Slanted Three Point Fold. Adjust height to personal preference

How to Fold a Suit Pocket Handkerchief - The Three Point Fold

1. Start with a an open square

2. Fold the handkerchief in half to make a pyrimad shape. Pinch the bottom left corner...

3 ...and fold over to opposite side

4. Rotate round to make a pyrimad shape again

5. Pinch opposite corner ...

6. ...and lay diagonal next to the top peak like above. Pat the crease down if needed

7. Grab opposite corner...

8. ...and lay it to the right of the central peak. Pat down side if needed

9. Fold in surplus edges on left side...

10. ...and tye same on the right

11. Hold edges firmly in place...

12. ...and slot Three Point Fold in place. Adjust height to personal preference

How to Fold a Suit Pocket Handkerchief - The Two Point Fold

1. Start with a fully open square

2. Fold in half

3. Take any corner...

4. ...and fold in half again

5. Pinch any corner...

6. ...and rotate round diagonally. Pinch the bottom corner...

7. ...and fold in half bringing the bottom point to just to the right or left of the underlying point as above

8. Fold the right corner over...

9. ...and the same with the left making an envelope shape

10. The end result. Adjust height as preferred.

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)