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Cuff-links

m_asim

m_asim

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So I look at my shirts and see that I don't wear them with cufflinks on. I gotsta buy one. Recommendations on cufflinks that don't cost an arm and leg. I'd prefer simple old school ones and not the ones shaped like the mud flap girls.
 
Any high-quality tailor or dress shirt store will have an equally good selection of cuff links.
 
Suburban said:
I have a shit-ton from the 70's and 80's. PM me your email and I'll send you a pic so you can pick a pair out for the cost of postage. That should be far less than "an arm and a leg."
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You can pick up a simple pair at Target too. IMHO gold is to flashy for most occasions, and who want to bother with silver (tarnish/polish). Steel is my preferred material for links, and I avoid stones where possible... so Target should be OK unless there is a specific design/material you're looking for.

Amazon has several pages of options in the $10 to $20 range too.
 
I have 1 pair. Basic silver color. Not fancy at all. Think they came from Macy's for around $10.
 
You can only wear cufflinks with french-cuff (double cuff) shirts. Are you talking about wearing them with standard shirts? Because unless you punch a hole in them with a letter opener a la George Costanza you'll look silly ;)
 
HappyHighwayman said:
You can only wear cufflinks with french-cuff (double cuff) shirts. Are you talking about wearing them with standard shirts? Because unless you punch a hole in them with a letter opener a la George Costanza you'll look silly ;)
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I was thinking of using center-punch but letter opener would do just fine.

P.S. Yes I do have french-cuff shirts. I gots phat style.
 
So I look at my shirts and see that I don't wear them with cufflinks on.
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Cool it was just the way you phrased your OP...it gave the impression you were wearing French cuffs somehow without cufflinks which would just look silly or were wearing standard cuffs and wanted to somehow use cufflinks with them.




Silk knots are also an acceptable replacement for cufflinks
 
HappyHighwayman said:
Cool it was just the way you phrased your OP...it gave the impression you were wearing French cuffs somehow without cufflinks which would just look silly or were wearing standard cuffs and wanted to somehow use cufflinks with them.




Silk knots are also an acceptable replacement for cufflinks
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My bad, Jordan. I just wear those double-cuff shirts sans cuff links. Looks silly and I need to stop this silliness.

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Well I guess if you're rolling them up they'd look no different than a barrel cuff shirt rolled up, but if you're walking around with them flapping open the yes it would be strange looking.

I'm still unsure if you're just messing with me though ;)
 
HappyHighwayman said:
Well I guess if you're rolling them up they'd look no different than a barrel cuff shirt rolled up, but if you're walking around with them flapping open the yes it would be strange looking.

I'm still unsure if you're just messing with me though ;)
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Why would I mess with you? And I have done far more silly things. Flappy sleeves is not a silly thing. I call it being eccentric.
 
It just looks messy. Like not buttoning down your collar on a button down shirt.

Nobody goes "that guy with the unlinked cuffs? He's got style" :)
 
I thought cuff links were little green turtles.
 
I have a nice little collection, but I tend to get them at antique shops. The early to late Art Deco period from the 20's to the early 40's seems to have a lot of nice pieces to offer and the late Deco stuff from the 30's is often of relatively inexpensive materials (Great Depression and all that). While some of it is really beautiful and gets pretty darn pricey, you can certainly make a nice statement without breaking the bank by looking around these sorts of shops for something unique.
 
Eldritch said:
I have a nice little collection, but I tend to get them at antique shops. The early to late Art Deco period from the 20's to the early 40's seems to have a lot of nice pieces to offer and the late Deco stuff from the 30's is often of relatively inexpensive materials (Great Depression and all that). While some of it is really beautiful and gets pretty darn pricey, you can certainly make a nice statement without breaking the bank by looking around these sorts of shops for something unique.
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That's a really good idea. I love the 20s and 30s. I was just listening to Cole Porter yesterday.
 
m_asim said:
That's a really good idea. I love the 20s and 30s. I was just listening to Cole Porter yesterday.
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There was certainly a heavy influence of, "Hollywood Glamour," on the fashion of the period and there MUST be some shops that specialize in that sort of thing down there. We a have a couple of fairs up here that I like that probably wouldn't do you any good though.
 
I lust after a pair made of watch movements, but the place wanted $170 for them...that was after a $70 cash discount.
 
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