where to buy a pocket square?

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    where to buy a pocket square?

    I'm looking to buy a white linen pocket square but I can't seem to find any store that doesn't sell them for >$100. Does anyone have any recommendations, preferably in the TST or MK area?


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    Quote Originally Posted by exodus:
    I'm looking to buy a white linen pocket square but I can't seem to find any store that doesn't sell them for >$100. Does anyone have any recommendations, preferably in the TST or MK area?
    What's a pocket square?

    Aha. Google is my friend - apparently he means a cloth handkerchief for anyone else similarly bemused. Have you tried Marks and Spencer ? Or indeed any of the markets in the TST Mongkok area (ladies market mongkok, night market temple st jordon etc - I'm pretty sure I have seen them there too for a few dollars).
    Last edited by MovingIn07; 14-11-2009 at 05:06 PM.

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    Haven't tried M&S yet, but I don't have a good feeling about the price.

    I've been to the ladies market and I've only seen silk ones (which are bundled with matching ties and matching cufflinks, yuck). I haven't been to the temple st. night market, but I'll try that!


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    Well you can get packs of 10 for GBP9.50 at M&S in the UK, so I'd be surprised if they were more than HK$200 here, so $20 each.

    But locally in the markets I'd be amazed if they couldn't be had for HK$5 or less.


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    Go to anyone one of HK tailors and ask them maybe?

    'A piece of cloth, square, about this big [indicated using hands / fingers or similar limb/digit combinations] my dear man.'