2 / 5Small warm patterned square corner on a green jacket with grey checked waistcoat, white shirt and brown tie; hands hold the fronts open.
Patterned pocket square reveals a warm corner on the green jacket. Keep the waistcoat unchanged to compare more height and another section of the pattern.
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Patterned pocket square on a green jacket with a grey waistcoat

A patterned pocket square appears as a small warm corner in the dark green jacket. A grey checked waistcoat with overlapping lapels sits beneath it, with a white shirt and brown long tie. Hands hold the jacket sides open, revealing patterned lining on one side. A large gold-coloured-looking watch provides another wrist accent. For square selection, the small amount of exposed cloth is particularly useful: its colour registers without filling a broad part of the chest. Neither the watch’s metal nor the square’s fibre is established by that visual colour description.

Try a small corner like this in your real jacket and compare a higher version. Keep waistcoat and tie unchanged to judge the square’s quantity. A reversed or differently folded corner can show another section of the same pattern, so try that before buying another piece. Release the jacket fronts for the decisive photograph. Holding them apart changes the distance to the pocket and introduces the lining as another pattern. Check how much of that extra area appears in your normal stance, then bend and relax the arm to assess the fold’s actual position.

At a glance

Patterned pocket square reveals a warm corner on the green jacket. Keep the waistcoat unchanged to compare more height and another section of the pattern.

What can I change about the small patterned corner?

Try more height or another corner of the same square. Keep waistcoat and tie unchanged and release the jacket sides for a normal view.

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