Foulard

Foulard is a light, soft silk twill carrying a small, neat, evenly spaced printed motif, usually a tidy geometric or tossed figure on a dark ground. It is the cloth of the necktie and the pocket square, where the small repeat reads as texture at conversation distance and as pattern up close. The word first meant the silk scarf itself before it named the cloth, and foulard prints, the medallions and pin-figures of classic menswear, remain a synonym for understated tailored pattern.