Why you wear a suit with a handkerchief in your left breast pocket

The inventor of this custom was the medieval King Charles II of England, who was only ten years old when he succeeded to the throne, probably because he wiped his nose habit, has not yet been corrected, the young king issued an oracle to his attendants: ready to carry, ready to wipe your nose clean little piece of cloth, the attendants did not dare to be negligent, and immediately look for a tailor, cut some of these little pieces of cloth with thin linen yarn.

The handkerchiefs of the West have their origin here. In order to make it easier for the king to use, the tailor also asked the tailor to sew a pocket on the left breast of his jacket to hold the small pieces of cloth, so that when the king wanted to wipe his nose, he could take it out very easily.

One day Charles II forgot to put a corner of the handkerchief into the pocket when he went to court, the ministers saw it and thought it was very chic, so they divided up and copied it, also sewed up a bag on his chest and put a handkerchief on it and deliberately showed a corner. Soon he became a symbol of honor of the aristocracy, even the country's decree also more than once to reiterate the lower class strictly prohibited the handkerchief as a gift to each other.

Extended information

The historical development of the suit:

It is said that at that time is the fishermen of Western Europe to wear, they are with the sea all year round, in the sea to make a living, dressed in loose collar, less buttons, catching fish to be convenient. It is based on human activity and body shape and other characteristics of the structure of the separation of the combination of principles, the formation of a pleated (province), split piece, split the body of the garment sewing method, and in this way established the later popular clothing structure mode.

There is also information that the suit originated from the traditional clothing of the British royal family. It is to men wearing the same fabric set with the three-piece suit, consisting of a top, undershirt and pants. In the modeling of the continuation of the basic form of men's dress, belonging to the daily wear in the orthodox attire, the use of occasions is very wide, and from Europe to the international community, becoming the world's guiding clothing, that is, international clothing.

Modern western-style clothes were formed in the middle of the 19th century, but from the characteristics of its composition and wearing habits, at least until the second half of the 17th century, dating back to the era of Louis XIV.

Louis XIV in the second half of the seventeenth century, the knee-length coat "Stekel" and a little shorter than the "Best", as well as tight and body half pants "Kjurot "together on the stage of history, constitute the modern three-piece suit form and many wearing habits.

Study Steckel front placket mouth generally do not buckle, to buckle generally only buckle the waist line above and below a few particles, which is the modern single-breasted suits generally do not buckle not for rudeness, the two buttons only buckle the top of the wearing habits of the origin of a grain.

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