This is a collection passed from my wife's father. Sorry for the last pic I will replace it next time I fire up my camera.
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This is a collection passed from my wife's father. Sorry for the last pic I will replace it next time I fire up my camera.
As I understand it, "double cuff" was invented because the British couldn't stomach calling them french cuffs.
I am planning to order a "custom" shirt from Lands End, around $50, and see how the fit etc. is, but I'm trying to lose some weight right now, so I don't want to order a custom shirt just to end up with it not actually fitting.
As far as thrift stores, my favorite suit cost me $7 at Salvation Army... and I have several multi hundred dollar suits from Mens Wearhouse, JC Penny, etc. It's the way to go!! but it does involve a lot of luck.
French cuffs with a perfectly pressed shirt is the only way to go. It just looks smarter, crisper..
Dan :D
It might be fun to swap some...:hmmm:
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I used to wear them a lot but I find that I do not like the modern day ones. The ones I like most are my pair of plain mother of pearl ones.
I like them but I don't understadhow to where them? Do you have to buy longer shirts and roll the cuff back?
Rather than a shirt cuff with button and hole, a shirt with two holes is required.
The cuff-link passes thru both holes (with the inside faces of the cuff together) and then the bar is flipped to hold it in place.
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You need to have cuffs with a button hole on either side. Only very posh shirts have cuffs you can roll back to create double cuffs (also called French cuffs). Cuff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I like simple ones like these most: Mother of pearl white - Cuff links
Mine are very similar with square pieces of MOP.
I'm thinking I still have a couple hundred pairs of them. I'll have to get some pics.........
I own two sets, purely for sentimental reasons. If i wore a suit more often, I might own more.
1) My great grandfathers cuff links
2) A set of cufflinks/tie clasp my mother-n-law had made for me out of a piece of jade she brought back from Taiwan.