I love this guy lol. "If you're an average Joe like me, you're not gonna realize that." Exactly what happened to me when I bought my first cufflinks lol. Thanks for the video!
With a standard 2 button barrel-cuffed shirt you can get away with making a hole next to the button nearest the edge of the cuff after dabbing some washable fabric glue on the 'inside' - it stops the fraying. This does avoid the shortened sleve problem,and leaves the option open of still using the button if you don't want to wear cufflinks that day.
You don t have to fold the shirt to make the modification. In fact you end up with a sloppy modification and probably ruining the shirt that way. There are two kinds of cuff sleeves suited for cuff links. The double cuff sleeves also called french cuffs and the single cuff sleeves. Any shirt can be modified to be a single cuff sleeve for cufflinks but in order to have the french style cuffs you need to buy a double cuff sleeve shirt from the beginning
This was the best help for cuff links because I brought a few from 2nd hand shop .. I used to see Rich styled guys wearing them on there shirts in movies . So I got them for 50 cent each now this black dude can be Just like those rich white guys thanks heaps 😂😂😂
Anita Williams -good point, I was thinking the same. Also, if the arms of a regular shirt are folded back they will be much shorter and therefore not reach the wrist...
Always so many people with their expert knowledge commenting. Yes, obviously you could do all those things. Just like when people try to fix stuff instead of "Just buy a new one". Maybe we have a choice to do what we want. Maybe, like he said already, people have a bunch of shirts they don't want to throw out. My case last minute shopper. My son picked a shirt he liked out of like hundreds. We bought cufflinks came home and realized the shirt doesn't have cufflinks holes. Hence why I'm here watching this video. Thank you for your help. Don't feel like going back to the store for another shirt. Most boys and men don't care to spend time shopping either. Make use of what you have.
An other way to do this, is to make your normal cuff to be a convertible cuff which didn’t really require to have 4 layers. Simply make a button hold right beside your button, therefore u can hide your button behind the cuff while letting the cuff links pass through. Convertible cuff have been in the market for a Long Long time. Maybe you can see how convertible cuff work next time.
Thanks for the "life hack" for cuff links. Sorry you got so many hostile replies. I think it was clear that you understood what french cuffs are. It was clearly explained that this was just a way to wear a more casual or novelty cuff link if you do not own a french cuff, & have a shirt with long enough sleeves. Thanks I may have forgot to get shirt with longer sleeves had i not watched your video. Maybe post with a different name so more of the right people & less of the wrong people get your video. like cuff link hack or something thanx, lisa
Thank you so much I'm a female and wanted to Jazz up my shirts for work I had no idea that all shirts were not made for cufflinks thank you for the tips
I'm afraid you don't know about it either. French cuffs (the ones that you fold back) are made for cuff links and will come with the needed 4 holes. The one you're showing off here is called a double button barrel cuff which means that is meant to be fit by the outermost button and the second should be showing. No cuff-links. Look for french cuffs or singel cuffs when you want to wear cuflinks, those are the only 2 made for it.
mit1mit2mity4 thanks do much for reminding me about singel cuffs that may work for my nephews need if i can find. I have to say though, I think Andrew understood about french cufffs etc. But french cuffs can be difficult to find on short notice for boys (young men) They get tie sets with tie-pocket square & cuff links etc & they really want to wear them. So i think he was just showing a way to modify sleeves (as long as they are long enough) i think he understood the difference since his title is how to modify a shirt& he correctly described how the sleeves on a french cuff shirt are made. I agree with you that this would not be suitable for formal attire in a formal setting. But, there are so many novelty cuff links out there, younger people get disappointed being unable to wear them in even a casual setting. The shirt sleeves do need to be much longer for this cuff link "hack", but for smaller framed boys dress shirt sleeves are often way too long. thanks again, Lisa
Geo Swireracing I know what you mean. I've only got french-cuff shirts in my own closet. But if you want to have your shirts modified, you'll be better off going to a tailor or a seamstress. For a few bucks you'll have it done properly, they'll probably just add a buttonhole to the cuff so that you can use it both ways as a single cuff.
Haha, I did the same. When I got home, I had no clue on what to do, so I just left the cufflinks in my room. Now is the first time I learn about how to use a cufflink.
Makes it a helluva lot easier for me, too, since cheap dress shirts come in sizes I understand and trust (call me dense but I've had my measurements taken multiple times and they NEVER fit, but gimme even a super cheapo shirt in 'large' from Wally World and damned if it don't fit perfectly fine) and also seem to have a rather generous sleeve length. That or I have really short arms... Regardless, this solves both problems for me!
u dont fold over a barrel cuff, it just looks off, i think u r mixing up french and barrel cuffs - u can make to make a barrel cuff able to work with the cufflinks simply by stitching a buttonhole between the fasten buttons and then cut it open
Thanks man, you're a lifesaver. I just thought about grabbing a pair of scissors but after folding the sleeves as you showed, I saw the disaster you describe. Cheers.
Thanks man great video! I guess I'll just buy a few new shirts no need to run around looking like an idiot lol The extra tip about the sleeves needing to be longer was really helpful thanks!
best teacher everrr!!! i am the average person like u...lol i watched other videos like wtheck what hole they talk about where do u buy those do i really have to tailor all the dress shirts
This guy is as he said himself "an average Joe" and he wanted to show how to modify your own shirts, DIY. Oh, and not showing his face has nothing to do with the instructions. I find it more pleasant in this angle to view the details. His face is not important.
Further, you cannot poke a hole through any sort of fabric and expect the alteration to last - the weave will completely come apart upon laundering if the hole is not properly sewn and finished. If you want to wear cufflinks, you need to buy a shirt that is specifically made to accept them (either double French cuffs or single / convertible cuffs).
Essentially dress shirts with no cufflink options, are likely very cheap box store shirts you have to buy in a panic, to attend a funeral/wedding you don't want to attend. These aren't Marc Jacobs shirts, and will likely be worn one time.
Awesome tips.. thanks. Too bad I'm a taller guy so every "average joe" shirt I find already never reaches my hand. Guess I'm doomed to not being able to cuff my links!
Technically you could wear them with only two layers if you have the right cuffs, folding your shirt really would look bummish, your better just using a cuff as a button folder under rather then pushed together. But the correct thing to do is just buy a French cuffed shirt, of which comes in like two 3 colors in simple styles cause they are formal button downs.
Exactly my situation. Have cufflinks, didn't know I needed a special shirt. And everything I read is like "you either need to buy a new shirt, or be incredibly hand with a sewing machine" this guys just like you need a pair of scissors and it takes about a minute lmaaao
Why are you folding the cuffs? I don't get it. You can put on the cufflink without folding the cuffs, which means any dress shirt that fits right will do.
This is why when you go to buy a dress shirt, and you want a shirt that you're able to wear cufflinks withs.. you ask the sales clerk if they carry shirts with french cuffs.
for koopa's sake, don't go slicing up your shirts with scissors and buying shirts with 3-4 extra inches of sleeves. just buy tailored or off the rack french cuff shirts. wearing accessories like cufflinks is practically an invitation to others to check you out and see if you're in the club, so to speak. this unholy monstrosity will only get you laughed at.
I don't get the point of this video. Your hack to make a shirt use cufflinks seems like its for people who want to get into cufflinks, but don't have any shirts for it. People are going to buy shirts that fit their arm length. So this wont work with their current wardrobe. If you have to buy longer sleeved shirts anyway, just buy a shirt meant for cufflinks.
If you look further up the sleeve of the shirt there is usually another botton through which you can place the cufflink by folding over the cuff and unbotton the botton to expose it's hole. I will try and post a video.
Thank you for the info just bought some cufflinks and of course my shirt didn't come with the hole so I'm gonna use my scissors right now so I look cool
and its spelled as WASTE. Waist is what u have as a size for your pants and so on. If you are gonna be a bandwagon about something, at least a bit of decency in spelling please! thanks. :)
