Cuff Links

A relatively new fashion to use cuff links is to tie the cuffs instead of buttons. The cuff links are one of the male jewelries which are being used now days besides the other jewelries like rings, tie clips, bracelets etc. Different kinds of metallic elements are used in the manufacturing of cuff links like platinum, titanium, silver etc. and some precious metals like gold and platinum are also used in the making of cuff links. Traditionally the cuff links are used on the dress shirts with the jacket and the tie but with the frequent use in the business world now it is very common to wear cuff links on the shirts without the jacket and the tie. Decoration and monograms often engraved on the visible part of the cuff link. Some of the other styles include traditional, stone-based, novelty or contemporary cuff links.

Men’s Cuff links usually have a bar that rotates horizontally to make sure that the cuff links can’t be clipped back through the buttonholes. Present day styles of cuff links are mostly made up of different kind of metals, elements having different kinds of texture and pattern on them. A turquoise cuff link is made up of a blue to grey green mineral having copper aluminum phosphate in it. A blue turquoise is one of the most valued gemstone. Another gemstone which is used in the cuff links is amethyst. Amethyst cuff links are also an expensive stuff and mostly used by the well-off people. Diamond cuff link is one of the cuff links which has diamond fitted on its visible side, one of the very expensive cuff links and highly demanded by the rich people to symbolize their wealth. Similarly gold cuff link is also considered as one of the expensive cuff links as its visible side and often whole cuff link is made up of gold. Such cuff links are used as status symbols.

Some of the custom made men’s cuff links are used in daily routine which represent the association of the wearer to some specific entities. Example of these cuff links is: the College Cuff Links, Army Cuff, Bicycle Cuff, Mont Blanc Cuff and many more. Buffalo Bills Links have some wild pictures on their visible side like the pictures of an angry buffalo and it is also wear in the memories of an American showman who was famous for his Wild West Show. Bicycle Cuff Links are custom designed cuff links having bicycles as their visible side. Mont Blanc Cuff Links, one of the expensive stuff which has a symbol of Mont Blanc on their visible side and the name is mentioned on the bar of the cuff links. Now it is a part of fashion to wear the cuff links with the tuxedo, the dinner jacket that is in western customs to wear at the time of formal dinners.

Some cuff Links are especially designed which shows the affiliation of the person with some specific organization. One of them are College cuff Links which are the one who has some symbolic representation of particular college on their visible side and compulsory for every student to wear them with their shirts. The others are Army cuff Links used by the army personnel and those cuff links engraved with the logo or the sign of the regiment of the army person on their visible side. Similarly Christian cuff links are the cuff links which have the cross sign on their visible side and mostly used by the Christian priest or by the men at the time of religious ceremonies. Another famous brand in the Christian cuff links is Christian Doer Cuff links which has an alphabet “D” imprinted on its visible side.