A thing of the past or a brilliant versatile item?
You may have thought that with the popularity of disposable tissues, handkerchiefs were things of the past. But Anna McNamee discovers in the next of our series on the history of fashion accessories, there are some still devoted to the immense possibilities offered by such a small piece of cloth.
Edwina Ehrman, a curator at the Museum of London tells Anna and the fashion historian, Caroline Cox, that handkerchiefs can be used for so much more than blowing your nose.
