Historians credit Marie Antoinette with the invention of the pocket handkerchief.
So the saying goes, she was so broken up at leaving her home in Austria that she cried all the way to France and wiped her tears with bits of lace torn from her dress and lingerie.
Anticipating future tears, she made it a point always to have a piece of lace tucked in a pocket of her dress.
This, says the historians was how the handkerchief came about.
Though people no longer dangle a handkerchief from their hand as a fashion gesture {like the old Miss Dior advertisement}
In the 20th century it became fashionable for men to place one in the left breast pocket of a suit or jacket and even today some men continue to do this.
While I still have a few pretty hankies in a little drawer, {mostly just for show tucked into a handbag} I do prefer to use tissues.
Have a wonderful week and many thanks for the kind visits to my blog and I look forward to coming over to say hello to you.
hugs
Carolyn
