subject: Cufflinks - French Luxury For Men [print this page] Ostensibly used for fastening the two portions of the French cuffs on a dress shirt, cufflinks is refined style. They are symbols of artistic finesse of ingenious craftsmanship. Used worldwide as men"s jewellery, they are good alternatives for traditional buttons. They lend prominence and elegance to men. Any one can use button to fasten his cuffs but few would be prepared to go the extra mile and use cufflinks instead. Some see cufflinks as stuffy, unnecessary and bourgeois and find them completely voluntary piece of fashion. But it"s the voluntary element attached with the cuff links that makes them prominent thus endowing an air of modishness to the wearer.
Cufflinks are available in various shapes, sizes, color and variety for men. They can be the expensive ones like those made of gold, silver, platinum and studded with precious gems and stones like diamond, onyx, cat"s eye and crystals or the semi previous ones like ruby, sapphire and emerald. There are a huge variety of not so expensive ones too. Made of steel and other metals with a smart dragon engraved on it can look quite smart and trendy. In recent times silk-knot cuff links and those made of wood have gained huge popularity. Silk-knot cuff links are also known as monkey"s fists for they look like a small bunched fist. As per shapes are concerned there are a plethora of variations of which the T- shaped ones and the mushroom-shaped ones are greatly in vogue. Besides, the one with shackles are also widely in use. But the really stand alones are the antique and the monogrammed ones.
It"s very important to the pair of cufflink that suits the occasion and attire. Silver and Golden ones are right for formal occasions. Metallic ones are perfect for casual gatherings. While choosing cufflinks it"s important to wear on a French-cuffed shirt. It has sleeve end that are longer than the arm and when uncuffed they fall to the knuckles. The sleeves are folded back one turn and then clipped with the cuff links. There are cufflinks that works as lighters and bottle openers also and they come in myriad shapes and sizes. Though mainly a men"s accessory, cufflinks are also used by women all over the world now-a-days. However, be it men or women, nothing can be more stylish than a right selection of a one-of-kind cufflink worn with an elegant dress shirt.
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