Handkerchief set unisex check pattern

Of very fine quality are these fabric handkerchiefs with check pattern from Pellens & Loick. This is primarily due to the cotton used, which is woven into soft, supple fabric. A special weaving technique is that they are woven to match, i.e. with a surrounding colored stripe in satin weave that frames the check pattern. This elaborate technique has become quite rare in the meantime, because only a few manufacturers still master and use it. The fine fabric of the handkerchiefs is thereby extremely pleasant on the nose, at the same time so durable that it survives many washes.

Hermann Pellens and Johannes Loick had a good sense of style and unmistakable instincts for men’s fashion trends. They found inspiration for their designs in the pulsating metropolis of Berlin and identified the city’s infrastructure as offering ideal conditions. Hence, they set up a company and entered into the production of men’s accessories in 1870. They took charge of the ties’, scarves’, and handkerchiefs’ designs but soon moved the production to northern Italy. At Lake Como, silk weaving and printing had a long tradition; however, Pellens & Loick adamantly had all accessories designed at the company’s German headquarters, based in Aalen in Baden-Württemberg by then.
In 1947, Pellens & Loick set up their handkerchief production in Aalen. From weaving, cutting, and hemming to ironing, folding, and packaging, everything took place under one roof at the foot of the Swabian Jura. Still, competitive pressure from cheap products and trending soft tissues forced Pellens & Loick to give up handkerchief weaving. They looked for new business partners that would produce handkerchiefs and pocket squares according to Pellens & Loick’s high-quality standards and find them in Hungary, among other places. Meanwhile, a small Hungarian textile company produces the majority of the handkerchiefs – from fabrics woven in Europe (more precisely in Austria, Portugal and the Czech Republic), while a limited number is produced in Malaysia. Picking and packing (ironing and folding included) is still in Aalen.