Cufflinks 鈥?A great accent to your outfit, but how to pick the right ones to wear?

I love to wear cufflinks, but I鈥檓 unsure of the rules for wearing them.


Are cufflinks that resemble inanimate objects like dice, dollar signs or boat anchors acceptable, or are they the equivalent of the novelty 鈥楤ugs Bunny鈥?ties that were so popular in the 90鈥檚?


When wearing colored cufflinks, what should the color match? Your shirt? Your tie? Your eyes?!


Is it okay to wear round cufflinks with a checker patterned shirt?Cufflinks 鈥?A great accent to your outfit, but how to pick the right ones to wear?
It's funny, but I had a very similar question just about a week ago.





To give you the synopsis of the rules, cufflinks should be tasteful, and are considered nice looking without being exceptionally formal.





I tend to prefer cufflinks that are subtle, and that accent slightly. So for example, the cufflinks I selected were by Kenneth Cole and were a brushed metal oval shape.





over-the-top cufflinks are entirely up to you. Just remember, if you do wear them, they'll have about the same impact as a keyboard tie.Cufflinks 鈥?A great accent to your outfit, but how to pick the right ones to wear?
Take from me, a woman who knows what she wants in a guy. Typically I like cufflinks that tend to be classy and more masculine - black and silver are wonderful compliments or single color palettes in this example. I would advise to stay more with the circular shapes and less with the square cufflinks, but experiment with whatever you like. And don't forget to consider your options of matching or contrasting with your suit or suit pants - grey goes wonderfully with a dark silver, black goes well with black. Good Luck!


(P.S. No, it isn't ok to wear round cufflinks with a checker-patterned shirt.)