Organizing Pocket Squares

[topbroker]

Does anyone have a good method (or hardware along the lines of a tie rack or belt rack, either specially designed or adapted) for organizing pocket squares? My collection has gotten pretty large and it cries out for a more elegant system of organization.

 

[mack11211]

I love this board.

 

[itsstillmatt]

I staple mine to a piece of cardboard.

 

[EL72]

Leave them in your coat pockets.

 

[Rocker]

I bought a box of these Scarf Clips and strung them along the bottom of a hanger:

http://www.abctarget.com/product1~P~P191.htm

 

[topbroker]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I staple mine to a piece of cardboard.

Yes, I saw that thread when I searched "pocket squares." To each his own, and I am more tolerant than many, but ick, nevertheless.

 

[Cantabrigian]

I use a canvas box I picked up at Hold Everything's going out of business sale.

 

[Quirk]

For silk, it's great if you can set aside an entire full-sized drawer in your bureau, and just toss them in there. Rifling through your pile to find just the right one can be a sensuously gratifying experience. Carefully folding, hanging or otherwise neurotically organizing them just ruins things.

For cotton/linen, I similarly just toss them in a drawer, and iron them as needed so they're 'fresh' -- though I do keep one or two pre-ironed and -folded in case I need one in short order.

 

[topbroker]

Originally Posted by Rocker

I bought a box of these Scarf Clips and strung them along the bottom of a hanger:

http://www.abctarget.com/product1~P~P191.htm

Very interesting idea. I might give this a try.

 

[topbroker]

Originally Posted by Quirk

For silk, it's great if you can set aside an entire full-sized drawer in your bureau, and just toss them in there. Rifling through your pile to find just the right one can be a sensuously gratifying experience. Carefully folding, hanging or otherwise neurotically organizing them just ruins things.

For cotton/linen, I similarly just toss them in a drawer, and iron them as needed so they're 'fresh' -- though I do keep one or two pre-ironed and -folded in case I need one in short order.

Well, that's pretty much my system right now -- a jumble in a plastic box -- and it has become cumbersome finding whatever square I have in mind on a given morning.

Also, do not discount the possibility that I might actually be neurotic. An obsessive/compulsive solution to my problem might be just the thing.

 

[Will]

Originally Posted by topbroker

Well, that's pretty much my system right now -- a jumble in a plastic box -- and it has become cumbersome finding whatever square I have in mind on a given morning.

Also, do not discount the possibility that I might actually be neurotic. An obsessive/compulsive solution to my problem might be just the thing.

The drawer approach worked well for me for years. Unfortunately, I keep acquiring them and now have two full-to-the-brim drawers. It takes longer to find the right square than any other dress related task I face in the morning. There must be a better way that doesn't require hangar space (the hangar bars are more crowded than the darned drawers).