The Tie & Pocket Square Sets Offered by Retailers

[mensimageconsultant]

Many retailers offer ties and pocket squares that match and usually are bad. Who buys them? As what - gifts? Has anyone here ever bought or been given a set? Do the pocket squares usually end up in drawers while the ties are used? It seems that matching is rarely done outside of weddings/receptions and TV studios.

 

[mensimageconsultant]

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[mensimageconsultant]

This thread, major flop so far.

If anyone is curious why male TV hosts often wear matching squares, it's probably partly because TV became popular during the so-called golden age of menswear (when pocket squares were common) and because a white silk square might seem to distractingly jump off the screen.

 

[MikeDT]

Matching tie and pocket squares, from what I've seen are usually naff gift sets that never get worn, or it's a 1973 Monty Python album.