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What is the purpose of this "lapel buttonhole leatherstring" ?

clapeyron

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what are these called? is it part of a pocket watch?

in before: #menswear
 

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Pocket square anchor to keep your PS from blowing away. Quite popular in Chicago.
 

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Probably very fashionable - glasses seems a reasonable suggestion and presumably deemed better than hanging around one's neck.

More reasonably it should be a gold chain with a watch attached.
 

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