Cuff link sizes

[elegantbee1]

What size should cuff links be that will be worn with a Tuxedo? What are the dimensions for studs? Are there standard sizesfor cuff links? I received a request to make cufflinks that are not too big (my habit)! Thanks all.

Sandra
Elegant Insects Jewelry

[Dana_Gifford]

Howdy-

What size should cuff links be that will be worn with a Tuxedo?

I think that is the equivalent of asking how big should a diamond be.

The customer needs to be more specific than, "not too big." I have found that using coins is a good way to get an idea of what size they are looking for.

The important thing is the hardware that goes through the
buttonhole.

Will it fit through all of the the holes? With a french cuff you are talking about 4 layers of cloth and 4 holes. Will it stay in the cuff and not fall out if they take off their jacket or start dancing, or spy on arch criminals, like James Bond. Man, I just love that white tux Sean Connery wears in Goldfinger.

Same thing for the studs, the hardware is the important part. Keep in mind that, unlike cuffs which you can get at both sides, securing a dress shirt with studs is not always a simple task. If the stud is larger than the buttonhole it has to go in through the front. If it will go through the front/top buttonhole then you can install the studs first and the just button the shirt. That is the style that usually comes with rental tuxes, a big thumbtack with a black plastic cab in a silver colored bezel.

Pictured are a set of cuff links we have had success with. The hardware comes from Rio Grande (no affiliation other than being a very happy customer).

I haven't made studs yet so I have no suggestions there, although the set of shirt studs I own have this hardware:

http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep81t0

You can put them on almost one handed. Again, I have no affiliation with Otto, their picture came up first in a Google search.

Dress well whenever you have the chance,



Duke
houseofbubba.com

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[Gerald_Livings1]

The size of the buttons being used would be the smallest I would go for matching cufflinks.

But then again, I love to wear cufflinks and most of mine are about an inchor more on each side. I am not sure what the needs are for a tux but I always tried to have cufflinks that matched whatever tie I was wearing that day.

Gerald A. Livings
Livingston Jewelers

[Lorraine_J]

For a black-tie tux shirt, cufflink material should match the shirt studs, and are often sold with studs as a set. Practically speaking, diameter should hold the cuff closed without pulling through, but can be larger if the client prefers a larger style (and is willing to break with tradition).

For white-tie, cufflinks and studs are typically a more restrained style and color.

Cufflinks and studs are a lovely gift for the man who has everything -- much more fun than a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

- Lorraine

[helenrhill]

For stud type cufflinks, they can probably be made in whatever size you like, within reason, as the mechanism on the back is small enough to go through the buttonhole. But with the "double button" type cufflinks, the "button" hasto actually fit through the buttonhole, so you'd be more limited with those. However, you mentioned stud cufflinks, so my guess would be big enough that it couldn't inadvertently pass through the buttonhole, but not too big so as to be ugly/out of balance visually or too heavy.

Helen
UK