Cufflinks

Cufflinks make an ideal present for many occasions, from a thank you to a well done, for a birthday, an anniversary or just to say "I love you".

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History of Cufflinks

The forerunner of today’s shirt first appeared in the early-16th century, its ruffled wristband finished with small openings on either side that tied together with "cuff strings".

Although cuff strings would remain popular well into the nineteenth century, it was during the reign of Louis XIV that shirt sleeves started to be fastened with boutons de manchette, or "sleeve buttons", typically identical pairs of coloured glass buttons joined together by a short, linked chain.

By 1715, simple, paste-glass buttons had given way to pairs of two, decoratively painted or jewelled studs, typically diamonds, connected by ornate gold links.

Hence was born the "cuff link", whether simple glass buttons or gilded and bejewelled studs.