Great Video, thank you! I wanted to add, I have worn French cuffs for nearly all my "dress shirt" life, but recently discovered the "barrel-French" technique where one overlaps the folded back cuffs and passes a cufflink through. This looks quite attractive with slimmer jackets without the cuffs 'kissing'. It will be great to see your take on those in a video. Congratulations on a fantastic channel.
If there is enough fabric layers things will be too tight to fall out unless something in the cufflink breaks. There is only one account in my family history where there has been a lost cufflink. That was back in 1881. My great-great- grand uncle had a pair of cufflinks that were 18K , carved Black Onyx; and, diamonds. He lost one. He had no sons so the remaining cufflink was made into a ring for his daughter. The ring is still in the family collection for the female descendants to wear.
Here's a little solution for those (like me) who have to allow for a larger neck, which results in a cuff that is just a little bit big for the wrists (in off-the-rack shirts, anyway). Take a very small, but somewhat thick rubber o-ring (or similar) and thread the stem/t-bar of the cuff link through it. If the visible section of the cuff link is large enough, the o-ring will be easily hidden between it and the shirt. If not, the o-ring can be placed on the underside of the cuff. The added thickness of the o-ring will create a tighter fit, and the flexibility of the o-ring allows for ease of use. Alternately, you can always shop for cuff links that will provide a tighter fit, but if you've got a particular shirt/link pair that you *really* like - as I do - this is a workable solution.
RE; chain cufflinks. I have a number of vintage links in that style. I've found that if you have a properly starched cuff that this sort cufflink is amazing. Bar cufflinks need to have Beryllium added to the alloy to keep the spring working for years. Many of my most bejeweled cufflinks are bars.(Diamonds, Sapphires, Rubies, et al gems that are in 18K )
Yes,but many of my bar cufflinks are an solid like gold or not precious stone While my grandfather have a custome jeweller to make his double side chain cufflinks in amethyst,malachite,sapphire
@@heinzguderianbutmoreyounge9659 I'm again pitching the fact that a proper French Cuff is critical for Cuff Links. When you have the shirt ready for links there will be four (4) layers of starched fabric. I tend to place the links into the shirt before I put the shirt on and adjust the shirt sleeve by the button on the opening that runs from the base of the cuff heading to the elbow. I do this with all of my cufflinks as some of them have a better side that will appear first before the entire cufflink is seen.
@@cookingprof i agree with you on white,but not on an informal patterns My grandfather have tons of french cuffs and the only one he starch was an white tie one,you want to feel comfortable and also it was 4 layers,maybe it was you who starch it by im sticking to my grandfather ways....
If you put cuffling into first 2 button holes using your both hands before you put on shirts it will be lot easier since lot of best dressers choose prepare and inspect the clothings and accesories even night before Note left handed people might find the other side button holes could make easier too.
I just bought a nice pair of oval chain cufflinks that I’m having a tough time putting on with two hands-never mind just one! I appreciate the informative video but do you have any additional tips and tricks for putting on oval chain cufflinks? Thanks!
@Billy Bones His tone came off negative to me. Like "they're cheap, so I don't like them", especially after he said they were the most common type. It almost makes a person feel bad for not buying the expensive ones. I guess i just don't understand why he couldn't just show how they are put on and move on without a whole speech about how he doesn't like them because they are cheap.
I got your con when you talk about cufflings when your cuff is in the french style. However you could still wear itin barrel style and it would be more comfortable with the bar that way
Really like the channel! Thank you for promoting elegance in an otherwise quite decadent world! Just an advice: You should really lower the volume on the intro, i.e. the music in the intro. If you, like me, have your computer plugged into a extensive audio system it becomes really loud. It is annoying to have to lower the volume and then turn it back up in every video.
For me any cufflink that does not have an appealing end such as toggle or stud possibly could be reserved for Barrel sleeves. If showing both sides and decorative then the French or kissing sleeves.
Hello Sven, love your site and you content! Congrats on a job well done. You know, I'm actually working on an idea for a business concerning cufflinks with gemstones and your opinions helped a lot! Thank you!
so if i understand this correctly, you need to actually get a dress shirt that can accommodate cuff links, is that right? i'll probably pass on cuff links for now then. i prefer to accessorize in a way that doesn't force me to have to buy new shirts but that allows me to use what i already have.
My dress shirts must be cheap as I dont have holes on both sides of my sleeve to put my cufflinks through. Any tricks to accommodate that without butchering the shirt?
Adam Swiggity Swooty _MAGA! Only French cuffs, hybrid cuffs, and another type of cuff I forgot the name of. Button cuffs do not work as there is no hole to put the cuff link through
I have been manufacturing cufflinks for over 30 years , I do not make Tee Bar cufflinks , as a true gentleman would never wear them . I make four plate chain links in hard fired enamel .
What are your thoughts on the other way to use the cufflinks? Real Men Real Style covered it a while back. If you think about it, it would make sense to use it to cover the plain side of the T style of cufflinks.
Thank you. I am actually still editing becasue I liked the couple others you showed after as well (which are color variations of the second.) Wow those are... a bit out of my budget for the time being. Still in college and things are tight. Definitely going on the wishlist for when I am out of school, if you are still carrying them then. I especially liked the onyx and carnelian.
The balls of the eagle ones look nice but the eagle claws themselves look gaudy to my eyes. Of course I'm a woman so I shouldn't speak for men, but those to me don't look nice. The ones that looked elegant to me and spoke of refinement was that other spiky round stud you showed without the moving design. Still, thanks for the explanation, I appreciate the reference dear!
Are you supposed to always leave your sleeves flat ike that when wearing cufflinks? Is it wrong to just make the sleeve wrap around the wrist like a normal shirt but with the cufflinks instead of buttons?
You can get them at vintage stores or buy them on eBay. Every once in a while a nice pair comes up, the are mostly 800, 835 or 925 silver and were made in in the first half of the 20th century. They usually go for 30 to 120 Dollars.
Who makes the shirts for the cuff links? I have many pairs of cuff links from years ago,but No shirts too small , Not made anymore? I agree they look great.
Charvet, YSL, even cheaper brands make them. Just go to a higher end store, I find, or buy online (ebay?). You can also get a tailor to re-cuff ( and collar ) a shirt you like that fits.
While I have fixed cufflinks, I respectfully disagree that T-Bar cufflinks are cheap. Sorry my T-Bar cufflinks were not purchase in your store. They are well made and made of 14k gold and these cufflinks were not cheap either. There are specialty T-Bar cufflinks sold elsewhere where they are made of much high quality than those sold at your store.
Hello, Gentleman's Gazette. I had a quick question, something that is keeping me curious... wouldn't the double-sided cuff link design over time begin to stretch the cuff holes &, in the end, allow the smaller end to simply fall out? Thank you for any response, this has been on my mind for days.
Ok, but still does not explain why does it have to stay like that and not the same as a normal plastic button on standard shirts. Gentlemen, thank you in advance for the answer !
