How To Combine & Pair Cufflinks with Shirts, Suits & Ties

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Generally, cufflinks don't really pair well with suits so I suggest you look at your shirts. Obviously, it depends on your personal taste but to start, I think a plain white or light blue shirt works really well because you can have all kinds of cuff links on them. They can be really contrasting, such as a green one, blue, red, a yellow, basically anything that contrasts those colors will stand out.

If you have a solid white shirt, maybe a solid silver cuff link is not the best choice because it blends in. You can go with a gold cuff links so it's slightly more contrasting or you just get something bolder in color. Diamonds for day wear are not really recommended because they are strictly reserved for evening wear.

If you have a striped shirt, you can try to combine the color with the stripe. If it's yellow, you go with yellow. If it's orange, orange. Brown with brown and so on. With striped shirt, you also want to create contrast and depending on what kind of stripe it is.

If you wear checked shirts, I suggest you keep it simple with your cuff links and either go with a solid silver, solid gold, or solid rose gold, because checks are already busy and by adding another strong contrasting cuff link, it's just over the top.

The goal is to create some contrast but to keep it balanced and harmonious. If you have a black tie invitation and you wear your tuxedo, you wear a white shirt, and you should usually go with either a gold and black insert such as an abalone stone or dark mother of pearl. You can also go with onyx or hematite.

Traditionally for white tie, you'd wear either pearl studs or mother of pearl studs paired with matching mother of pearl cuff links that are white gold or platinum on the outside. With a tuxedo you can go with gold or silver, it's up to you. Black is the number one choice but you can also go with semi-precious or precious stones in contrasting colors.

Another great way to wear cuff links is to coordinate them with your socks. Basically, you just pick up a color in the socks and pair it with your cuff links, it makes for a cool look and it's coordinated but it's subtle and stylish.

You can also match your cuff links with your tie and your pocket square. Just like with socks, you want to ideally pick one of the colors and incorporate it to your outfits.

You can also try to combine a pocket square that matches your socks and your cuff links but what you should avoid is having the same tie and pocket square because it just looks gaudy.

Personally, I'm a big fan of trying to pair my cuff links with pinky rings or in general, rings, and little accessories such as a tie bar or a collar clip. Sometimes, it may not always work out as a hundred percent and that's okay, just try to get something close that works together.

In general, you want to match the metal color of your cuff links to other items in your outfit such as your rings or your belt buckle or your monk strap buckles. Some people even match it to their luggage or their suitcases. In my opinion, that's a little over the top, and if it aligns that way, that's great but if not, don't stress out about it because elegance and style is about being confident and not being overly about matching everything exactly to the tee.

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