Friday 24 February 2012

If cufflinks men want then cufflinks they shall have

If it’s cufflinks men want then cufflinks they shall have but they have to be bought form the right place. A man wearing a dress shirt and smart suit is completely attired till he is sporting a smart pair of cufflinks, and for me the collection of art deco links are some of the best I have ever seen. I am rather partial to the art deco movement of the 1920s and revel in the architectural gems I see scattered all over the world. Turn a corner and the distinctive design of the frontage of a cinema or theater immediately transports on back in time.
Now, I know that art deco isn't to everyone’s tastes and preference, just as some designs of cufflinks and tiepins aren't to everyone’s tastes, and yet worn with the right shirt and suit for me, art deco cufflinks are wondrous to behold. For men who have a neat sense of fun and perhaps work in a staid environment sporting a pair of Batman, Flash or Joker cufflinks in homage to the seminal crime fighters and bad guys of the twentieth century will liven things up for them if perhaps none of their stuffed shirt colleagues.
The history of cufflinks is long and can be first traced back to the reign of the French king Louis fourteenth; indeed, it could be said that it was he who started the trend of cufflinks when cuff strings were the norm and shirt cuff buttons were only just being introduced. Compared to the cufflinks available today they are certainly no match for anything back then, the norm being solid gold or silver adorned with precious stones. Of course, I would prefer to wear a pair of modern cufflinks rather than anything the aristocracy wore back then; at least no one is going to cut my hand off to get at my modern cufflinks.

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