how to wear cufflinks how to wear cufflinks on a shirt

Ele­gant men’s style depends on small details that give the image sophis­ti­ca­tion and sta­tus. Cuf­flinks on a shirt are one of the few pieces of jew­el­ry that men are hap­py to wear at spe­cial occa­sions. They will be a great acces­so­ry for a shirt, tie and clas­sic suit. All this is har­mo­nious­ly com­ple­ment­ed by fash­ion­able watch­es that empha­size the elite class and high sta­tus.

We offer a short guide on how to wear cuf­flinks — what clothes and acces­sories to com­bine with, how to choose them cor­rect­ly, where to fas­ten and how to fas­ten. Once you’ve mas­tered how to tie a tie and how to fold a pock­et square, learn­ing how to fas­ten your cuf­flinks will be a piece of cake!

When is it appropriate to wear a classic jacket and a men’s shirt with cufflinks?

Cuf­flinks — dec­o­ra­tions that per­form a prac­ti­cal func­tion — con­nect the cuffs of a shirt or jack­et. They were invent­ed at the begin­ning of the 19th cen­tu­ry. At that time, these were large gold jew­el­ry with pre­cious stones. They were used for evening dress­es and worn main­ly on big hol­i­days. Cuf­flinks are con­sid­ered pri­mar­i­ly men’s jew­el­ry, but every­thing is pos­si­ble in fash­ion — over time, they have gained pop­u­lar­i­ty among women.

In the next cen­tu­ry, these acces­sories became more mod­est. They acquired a sim­pler form, dec­o­rat­ed with a semi-pre­cious stone or an engraved met­al insert.

Today, cuf­flinks are made in a vari­ety of pat­terns, shapes, and col­ors. They can be ele­gant or casu­al. These are not only clas­si­cal forms, but also those that cor­re­spond to the hob­by, for exam­ple, in the form of a gui­tar or a cam­era. There are also cuf­flinks with fun­ny slo­gans that are only suit­able for infor­mal style.

It is cus­tom­ary to wear a tuxe­do and tail­coat to a gala ball, wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny and ban­quet, con­cert or the­atri­cal per­for­mance. In such sit­u­a­tions, a dou­ble-breast­ed and triple suit will go well with cuf­flinks. But don’t wear a tie pin. In these cas­es, cuf­flinks should be the only dec­o­ra­tion.

A man can wear them to a wed­ding, where he is invit­ed as a guest, or to an impor­tant busi­ness meet­ing. How­ev­er, for every­day office work, a suit with jew­el­ry cuf­flinks will not always be a good solu­tion. When work­ing with doc­u­ments or at a com­put­er, they can inter­fere and cause incon­ve­nience.

How to wear cufflinks with other accessories

When choos­ing cuf­flinks, you should con­sid­er not only their aes­thet­ics, but also the clothes, shoes and jew­el­ry with which you want to com­bine them.

The col­or of the cuf­flink must match the col­or of the shirt and/or suit. Sil­ver cuf­flinks are suit­able for cold shades, while gold cuf­flinks are suit­able for warm ones.

The design of these prod­ucts should be in har­mo­ny with the out­fit. Sim­pler cuf­flinks will suit a shirt with a pat­tern, and vice ver­sa.

Pay atten­tion to the watch — it is in the neigh­bor­hood with them that the cuf­flink is most often locat­ed, so it should har­mo­nize with them as much as pos­si­ble in col­or.

• If the watch case is sil­ver, then the cuf­flinks should also be sil­ver.
• If gold — cuf­flinks should also be of the same col­or.
• The clip does­n’t have to be an entire­ly spe­cif­ic col­or. Only the dust jack­et (frame) around the dec­o­ra­tive stone is impor­tant.

Watch cuf­flinks enhance the for­mal­i­ty and ele­gance of a man’s look, so their design must be adapt­ed to the cir­cum­stances. Con­trast­ing com­bi­na­tions are also accept­able, pro­vid­ed that the prod­ucts match in style and size.

Con­trast is a great way to add charm to an out­fit. Red cuf­flinks are suit­able for a blue suit, blue cuf­flinks for a dark blue jack­et. You can also play with dark­er and lighter shades. Both gold and sil­ver jew­el­ry go well with a black or white shirt.

Can you wear cufflinks with jeans?

This is the indi­vid­ual choice of each man. For infor­mal or semi-for­mal occa­sions, less for­mal shirts with beveled or round cuffs are paired with jeans, shorts or chi­nos.

If you are plan­ning to spend an evening with friends, thanks to cuf­flinks you can express your char­ac­ter or hob­by. Give pref­er­ence to marine, sports or auto­mo­tive motifs. Just remem­ber that an intri­cate orna­ment or orig­i­nal shape should be com­bined with the rest of the style of the out­fit.

A bright check­ered shirt does not har­mo­nize with gold cuf­flinks with bur­gundy inserts or dia­monds. In this case, it is bet­ter to choose sim­ple clas­sic jew­el­ry.

Proper wearing of men’s cufflinks as a stylish accessory (photo)

Any mod­els of cuf­flinks con­sist of:

1. dec­o­ra­tive part — the upper part of the cuf­flink, dec­o­rat­ed with a pat­tern, pre­cious stone or oth­er attrac­tive mate­r­i­al; 2. racks — a part that pass­es through the holes of the cuff and is attached to the clasp; 3. fas­ten­ers — The bot­tom of the cuf­flinks rotates 90° to lock in place and pre­vent the cuf­flink from falling out of the slot in the cuff.

How to cling cuf­flinks depends on their type:

1. with whale clasp - so called because the lever mech­a­nism that holds the cuffs is shaped like a whale’s tail. The lock-switch is placed in a ver­ti­cal posi­tion par­al­lel to the post and moves through the holes in the cuffs. To lock it in place, turn the switch per­pen­dic­u­lar to the post;
2. with ball clasp - put on so that the switch is par­al­lel to the rack. It is thread­ed through the holes in the cuff and turned over to secure. At the back is a larg­er ball attached to a dec­o­ra­tive sur­face with a chain or a curved post. This mod­el has a more tra­di­tion­al look. They last longer because they have no mov­ing parts. How­ev­er, these cuf­flinks are more dif­fi­cult to put exact­ly on the shirt, like oth­er types of these prod­ucts;
3. with riv­ets in the form of a screw or but­tons — put on by tilt­ing the low­er part to the side so that it is at an angle of 90 ° to the cuff open­ing;
4. with pins — the most pop­u­lar cuf­flink locks. They also pro­duce mod­els con­sist­ing of two parts, which can be com­bined into a chain or freely fas­tened on either side. These cuf­flinks con­sist of two usu­al­ly iden­ti­cal orna­men­tal ele­ments con­nect­ed by a chain. They can also be worn with a casu­al shirt — then there are addi­tion­al but­tons on the cuffs, and the fas­ten­er pass­es through two lay­ers of fab­ric;
5. with weave — mod­els equipped with an inno­v­a­tive mech­a­nism sim­i­lar to the clasp of a wrist­watch. They are easy to put on. Both dec­o­ra­tive pieces are iden­ti­cal, pro­vid­ing visu­al inter­est on both sides of the sleeve. They look mod­ern and may not go well with a more tra­di­tion­al out­fit;
6. with silk knot suit­able for casu­al wear, not for for­mal occa­sions or busi­ness envi­ron­ments where you want to make a more pro­fes­sion­al impres­sion.

What is the difference between a men’s shirt with cufflinks and a regular one?

The cuff is an impor­tant ele­ment of any shirt. Like the col­lar, it is made from a thick­er fab­ric or sim­ply dou­ble lay­ered to keep the cor­rect shape. Cuffs are made with 1, 2, 3 but­tons or holes for cuf­flinks, locat­ed hor­i­zon­tal­ly, which sim­pli­fies the adjust­ment of the thick­ness of the wrist.

Most mod­els of mod­ern shirts for men are adapt­ed to but­tons,

there­fore cuf­flinks are not suit­able for all types of cuffs and sleeves. One way to put cuf­flinks on a reg­u­lar shirt is to remove the but­tons and care­ful­ly poke holes for the pin if there are none.

We produce several types of cuffs for men’s cufflinks

• Loose sin­gle cuffs are used in reg­u­lar shirts and clas­sic jack­ets with both but­tons and cuf­flinks.

• French or dou­ble cuffs, is the most com­mon type. They are 2 times longer than usu­al and over­lap each oth­er. They nev­er have but­tons, but they always fas­ten with cuf­flinks.

• Spe­cial cuffs

Impor­tant para­me­ters for the cor­rect wear­ing of cuf­flinks on a men’s shirt are both the type of cuffs and the length of the sleeves. For them to dis­play cor­rect­ly and be vis­i­ble, the sleeve should pro­trude slight­ly from under the jack­et. With arms freely low­ered, this pro­tru­sion should be 2–3 cm. In this arrange­ment, each move­ment of the hand will cause the cuff to slip out from under the jack­et, which will imme­di­ate­ly draw atten­tion to the dec­o­ra­tion.

Simple instructions for properly fastening men’s cufflinks (photo)

Make sure you choose the right cuffed shirt. They must have spe­cial holes.

How to attach cufflinks:

1. fold the cuff with your arm out­stretched so that the edge can be fold­ed back. Ide­al­ly, it should cre­ate a smooth and even sur­face;
2. then fold the joined sides of the cuffs out­ward. The two open edges and the inner lay­er should touch each oth­er with­out creas­es. The holes in the mate­r­i­al where both cuf­flinks are attached should ide­al­ly fit togeth­er;
3. hold­ing your hand close to you to hold the fold­ed lay­ers of fab­ric and the shirt in place, thread the pin through the hole in the out­er fab­ric through 2 lay­ers so that the dec­o­ra­tive part of the pin is vis­i­ble from the out­side. Some peo­ple rec­om­mend hold­ing the cuff with two fin­gers so that wrin­kles do not form on the fab­ric where you will attach the cuf­flink;
4. turn the lock switch over to secure the prod­uct.

Cuf­flinks are a great gift. A man of any age who loves to dress in style will appre­ci­ate the effort it takes to find the per­fect match. Find it in the cat­a­log of the Sil­vers online store and place an order with deliv­ery in Ukraine.