Vermeil is not a fan of sweat and water. Before exercising or showering, remove your jewellery. Clean your pieces by buffing gently with a dry cloth and store it in your pouch. Everything deserves some care and attention, even something as strong as Gold. To maintain its beauty, scrub lightly with a toothbrush and warm water.
Platinum will not fade or tarnish but, after time, the bright shine of platinum jewellery takes on a soft, aged patina. We love this material quality, but if you wish to keep it looking as good as new you can scrub lightly with a toothbrush and warm water. Silver is sensitive to H2O. Avoid water when wearing your piece because, over time, the sterling silver will oxidise.
Did you know that the oils in your skin help keep silver from oxidising faster? So, wear often. When you do not wear your silver pieces, store them in your AMT pouch and box. Our Patina pieces are formed by creating a chemical reaction on the surface of the brass. We seal this with the wax, so avoid rubbing this area unnecessarily.
You may wish to re-apply some wax after a few years. Rub a sparing amount of carnauba wax on to the patina, leave to dry and polish off with a soft cloth. In case you were wondering… Carnauba wax is an extremely useful natural renewable.
It is harvested from the leaves of the Carnauba palm, which is only grown in certain regions of Brazil. It should not be confused with palm oil palms.
In an attempt to help with the confusion over what smart casual actually means, this week we offer you some ways to wear your cufflinks more casually and embrace a more dressed down approach when it comes to your accessories. But, first things first.
The golden rule when it comes to any style of clothing, whether smart or casual, is to purchase pieces that fit you properly. Nothing destroys an outfit like an ill-fitting jacket, shirt or trouser.
The first secret to looking smart is correct sizing. Think shoulders, waist and arm length. Whether you are putting together an outfit for a laid-back summer wedding, a more dressed down look for the office or want to look your best for a dinner date, cufflinks are the perfect accessory for elevating your casual wardrobe.
A simple and engineered pair of cufflinks can show that you have great attention to detail, whatever the occasion. To give you a bit of inspiration, here are our favourite cufflinks for going casual. When accessorising a casual outfit, we recommend choosing a minimalist and timeless design so as not to draw too much attention. The clean faces of our Edward copper and Alexander copper cufflinks are ideal for this. Pair them with a classic white, pale blue or chambray cuffed shirt and a pair of cotton twill chinos.
With the Alice Made This cufflinks, try Drakes for a great selection of shirts and a brand like The Workers Club or Margaret Howell for a contemporary, high quality pair of chinos to give you a clean and considered look.
Layering your cuffed shirt with some well-made knitwear looks smart, considered and still casual. A geometric pair of cufflinks will punch the cuffs and give an elevated look. Opt for this look if you need an outfit to see you from day through to night, work in a less corporate office or just want to experiment with your accessories and switch up your wardrobe staples.
Our Kitson cufflinks or one of our hand-engraved James brass cufflink designs work particularly well with knitwear as the patterns, graphic silhouettes and added detail sits nicely against the texture of a weave. Looking for a contemporary take on the classic white shirt?
Go collarless! As we move into spring, a collarless shirt is ideal for creating a cool, collected look. We suggest wearing it under a light or striped seersucker jacket and with a silver or steel pair of cufflinks to give a fresh, crisp look.
The bread and butter of separates, navy and beige are always failsafe options because beige is neutral and is discernibly complementary to navy. Although failsafe, it can sometimes be a little too predictable, so it is all in the detail and the accessories you choose.
Alternatively, you can explore plaids, tweeds, bolder colours and patterns with your jacket choice and pair with beige, grey, navy or even denim bottoms to find a smart casual vibe that suits your personal style.
A pair of silver cufflinks, like our Kitson, Erno and Bancroft designs, can add the perfect detail to your well considered separates. Worn over a shirt, a jumper or with a pair of jeans, a blazer is a great way to add structure to an outfit and look your best while still feeling comfortable regardless of the climate. A pair of cufflinks, like those in our aerospace collection, offer precise and industrial details that look fantastic combined with a blazer.
We love our Lucas steel and Oliver steel cufflinks for creating a crisp, casual aesthetic. If you like bold colour, then go for it. Colour makes people smile and dressing casually is a great opportunity to have a bit of fun with colour.
You can be bold with tones that you may not necessarily feel comfortable with in a more corporate or formal situation. Embracing colour in your accessories is also a little more subtle if you are too nervous to go for those bright trousers or that neon top.
Our patina cufflinks were made for colour and have a beautiful, complex kind of vibrancy. Hand-finished by London-based patina artist Derek Bayley, no two pairs of our patina cufflinks are ever the same with the rich, deep finishes being achieved by expertly layering and oxidising different chemical combinations.
The Bayley Prussian blue cufflinks , Bayley Luna silver cufflinks and Bayley Salmon pink cufflinks are some of our current studio favourites. Yes, you can pull off shorts with a blazer or a cuffed shirt! You can make your cufflinks work across different seasons and climates.
We love this look and, if you're contemplating this combination, you're probably the kind of dresser who's up for trying something new.
This would be a nice outfit to wear on a holiday or for a smart occasion that doesn't require a full suit. It's a summer take on smart casual. Our tips here would be to go for fairly smart shorts and opt for chinos rather than denim or cargo. Choose a more casual blazer, perhaps something unstructured, or you could even choose a summery fabric like linen or seersucker cotton.
Alternatively, you can skip the jacket, remove the tie and unfasten the top few buttons of your shirt, going for loafers or desert shoes rather than smarter lace-ups. When it comes to accessories, go for a brass cufflink from our aerospace collection. These would complement the climate and gleam beautifully on your sleeve. Why not use your commute to dress down, while still dressing to impress beneath the layers. Commuting to and from work can quickly become monotonous.
There is the balance to ensuring that your office attire is suitable for taking on both the boardroom and your morning commute with confidence. We suggest a bit of layering to accommodate the to-ing and fro-ing each day. A bomber jacket and a workwear over-shirt are great ways to layer up and treat your cufflinks a little more casually. Remove the layers for a meeting and reveal immaculate attention to detail with your cuffs.
Finish your look with some wool-based jogging fit trousers and a pair of Common Projects white trainers. Another good option for a casual commute is to invest in a staple piece of clothing like a down-filled gilet.
Thanks to practicality-loving designers, this mid-layer has become an essential for all. The beauty of a down-filled gilet is its weight — or lack of it — and its ease of wear. Brands, from Brunello Cucinelli to Uniqlo, have embraced this outerwear garment so you can choose to wear it under or over your suit jacket, enjoying this trans-seasonal essential.
Whatever route you take, remember that layering is a great technique for bridging the seasons and maintaining a contemporary vibe, whatever the weather. A smaller cufflink design is also well-suited to a more casual look, offering a precise injection of personality and pared-back metallic tones. Our Austin cufflinks work well here. They are a reversible and compact pair of cufflinks that are smaller in size than our traditional designs and come in silver or gold colours.
They are a good everyday option, as are all of our stud cufflinks. With their straight and solid style of stem, our cufflinks have no chance of any fiddly, swivelling parts. They offer a pragmatic solution when compared to a more traditional cufflink that tends to require a higher level of finger dexterity and can be seen as too impractical for daily use. Other smaller designs include our Edgar and Alfred pieces. With their graphic detail and polished finishes, they all shout loud for their size.
Should you wear a French cuffed shirt without a jacket? There are no formal rules on the matter, so personal preference should be your guide.
A bit of confidence goes a long way too. As the weather warms up, you can get away with just a coat and a shirt, leaving your jacket or blazer at home. Opt for a textured shirt and pair of cufflinks with a contrasting texture.
It's likely you will possess either bullet back, whale back, fixed back or chain style cufflinks. They all generally have the same concept, they include a discernible front and back and their job is to secure your cuffs in place so they don't come apart. However, the method of securing them can be slightly different. Whale back and bullet back style cufflinks involve a rotating bar that attaches to a metal bride.
This bar rotates 90 degrees so that you can slide your cufflinks on with ease and then rotate the bar so that it sits horizontally. This horizontal position will prevent your cuffs from sliding away from each other. Fixed back cufflinks involve a metal bridge that connects two decorative fixtures.
These two fixtures will have one side that's smaller than the other and the smaller side will constitute the back of the cufflink. The chain style cufflink adopts a similar concept to the fixed back cufflink. It involves two decorative fixtures that are held together by a flexible chain. This chain will bridge together the two sides of the cuff whilst the fixtures will be large enough to keep them in place throughout the day.
Whichever style of cufflink you have in your assemblage, it's universal that you must slide the back of your cufflink through your sleeve first. Sharp dressed to a point, only his wit has more edge. An English gentleman, lover of business and an avid blogger.
And yes, some people are doing the latter — never underestimate the contemporary hipster's love for mixing high fashion with low. Practically speaking, most men will wear cufflinks in business and relatively formal social settings, as an accent to a suit-and-tie ensemble. That said, more relaxed links are perfectly acceptable with a sports jacket, and can add an air of playfulness that simple buttons don't provide.
In conclusion — there are no hard and fast rules. Wear cufflinks when you want to wear cufflinks. The only limits are your collection of suitable shirts — and, of course, your budget. Frequently Asked Questions How do you attach cufflinks? The sides of the cuff are most commonly matched up "kissing," with the interior faces touching one another.
It is not "wrong," however, to fasten the cuff sides overlapping rather than kissing. Cufflinks can be made of almost anything and ornamented with everything from precious stones to repurposed novelty junk. Expensive materials include gold, silver, carbon fiber and crystal.
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Cufflinks are tools for fastening shirt cuffs closed. The Basic Cufflink: How It Works A cufflink fastens a shirt by sliding through holes on either side of the cuff opening, then swinging into a locked or fixed position to hold the sides together.
Different Types of Cufflinks There are dozens of variations on the basic theme of the hinged cufflink, and several other mechanical alternatives as well. They are very simple, and their large post and closing mechanism make them easy to use.
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