I've been using handkerchiefs instead of tissues for many years, but on a trip to the Philippines I became hooked on beautifully patterned hankies from Armando Caruso - great color combinations, very elegant and not boring like the plain white kerchiefs we all grew up with.

The lack of decent hankies in America is perhaps a social indicator I'll refrain from commenting on, but I have noticed people on the train sniffing annoyingly and coughing without covering their mouths and the availability of cool if not elegant, colorful hankies might go a long way to persuading Americans to take their hygiene to the next level.

These hankies are not it.  They are very thin - in fact I think the packaging is deceptive in that they wrap the hankies around a piece of paper that bulks their appearance up.

Ok, these hankies work - you can blow your nose in them, they just aren't nearly as nice as the Armando Caruso hankies you can buy for a dollar in the Philippines.