| t say, I really don't trust people who don't read in the | | | | a case-by-case basis. If you are attending the |
| bathroom. Our bathroom at home is filled with | | | | wedding of a best friend and you know that it is |
| reading material; from Oprah magazines to a | | | | going to be dressy but that everybody will be |
| true-crime book (my disgusting guilty pleasure), to | | | | dancing to the latest rap songs, go ahead and put on |
| my husband's history book (his not-so disgusting | | | | those playful cufflinks. On the other hand, if you've |
| guilty pleasure) and his GQ magazines. When I have | | | | been invited to the wedding of your CEO's daughter |
| read my magazines one too many times, or when | | | | where everyone will be dancing the minuet, hold off |
| my current true-crime book is finished, my last resort | | | | on the playful and go the more traditional route. At a |
| is to skim through his GQ magazines (only because I | | | | political rally, you could always pair your suit with |
| cannot see myself getting into the Industrial | | | | those Democratic donkey cufflinks if you are so |
| Revolution and how it profoundly impacted the | | | | inclined, unless, of course, you are a television |
| socioeconomic situation in America during the 19th | | | | reporter who needs to be unbiased to the public. |
| century, no matter how bored I get). It is then that I | | | | Should you be attending a formal fundraising event |
| realize that GQ is my husband's fashion bible. From | | | | for the local aquarium, go ahead and wear those |
| the way he wears his jacket and tie to the casual | | | | Piranha or Shark Cufflinks. When it comes to being |
| shoes he sports to the fashionable dress shoes he | | | | playful or sporting an interest through your cufflinks, |
| always eyes at the department store; it is all right | | | | simply play it by ear and do your best to always be |
| there on those cologne laden glossy pages. So, | | | | tasteful, suiting the cufflinks to the occasion where |
| instead of searching aimlessly online or scouring | | | | appropriate. |
| magazines, I just have to pick my husband's | | | | Traditional Cufflinks |
| fashion-oriented brain. My question to him was how | | | | Classic, more traditional cufflinks do not always have |
| to determine what type of cufflinks to wear on | | | | to translate into boring. Striped, crystal or silk knot |
| different occasions. Look online and you'll find plenty | | | | cufflinks could all come under the definition of classic. |
| of cufflinks options; playful cufflinks, traditional | | | | Simply match the cufflink to the color of your tie and |
| cufflinks and even cufflinks that are made to look like | | | | or the tone of your belt or wedding band and you |
| old 45 records. If you can imagine it, it is probably out | | | | should have an easy fix. If you are attending a |
| there in the form of a cufflink. But would it be okay | | | | funeral or a formal wedding (like the boss's wedding |
| to wear those classic electric guitar cufflinks to, say, | | | | mentioned above), you will definitely want to go the |
| a job interview? Is there an etiquette for these | | | | traditional route. The same goes for a job interviews. |
| things? What's appropriate? And when is it | | | | You want that panel interviewing you to focus on |
| appropriate? | | | | what you are saying and what you can bring to the |
| Playful/Hobby Cufflinks | | | | company - not staring at your Dallas Cowboys |
| You are a computer analyst by day, scolding your | | | | cufflinks and wondering if you will be the one getting |
| colleagues for using up all the bandwidth by watching | | | | everyone to participate in a fantasy football league |
| YouTube videos when they should be focusing on | | | | on ESPN instead of doing your job. If you are going |
| the budget for the next fiscal year. You roll your | | | | on a formal blind date to the opera, it probably best |
| eyes whenever you hear somebody across the | | | | to go with a set of traditional cufflinks instead of the |
| cubicle wall scream, "Hey, guys, is the internet | | | | Slot Machine cufflinks; a first date is not the time for |
| down?" Yet, by night, you throw that short-sleeved | | | | her to be wondering whether she is embarking on a |
| button-up shirt to the curb and throw down as a DJ | | | | relationship with a gambling addict who will force her |
| on the turntables at the local club down the street. | | | | to take a second mortgage on their home to support |
| As a gift from your hip mother, you get some | | | | his habit. |
| detailed Sterling Silver DJ Turntable Cufflinks. When | | | | In all actuality, there really are no hard and fast rules |
| to wear them? The debatable rule of thumb for | | | | when it comes to cufflinks It really is a matter of |
| playful and/or hobby-related cufflinks is to wear them | | | | personal preference and personality as to what |
| at less formal occasions. For example, while it may | | | | cufflinks you will be wearing with your various outfits |
| seem like a nice ice-breaker to wear them at your | | | | at your assorted events. If you are the kind of guy |
| next job interview, you may want to leave them at | | | | who can pull off pink socks with a suit, by all means, |
| home and talk about your moonlighting as a DJ after | | | | be as flashy as you dare. If the idea of somebody |
| you've locked up the job. However, if you had an | | | | coming up to you to discuss the Harley Davidson logo |
| office Christmas party where a suit and tie were | | | | on your cufflinks leaves you in a panic, stick with |
| required, you could definitely get away with sporting | | | | something more traditional. Remember, cufflinks are |
| hobby cufflinks, due to the festive nature of the | | | | meant to enhance an outfit, not detract from it. |
| occasion. For weddings it might be best to decide on | | | | |