I say that cuff links and belt buckles should match. A colleague of mine says it doesn’t matter. If you are wearing gold or silver cuff links or colored cuff links with gold or silver trim, shouldn’t your belt buckle match in tone?
In a perfect world, where we have every accessory we desire and valets to polish our chrome, yes, you’d probably tend to match them. But in this age, when people fly first-class wearing NBA warm-up suits and wear cowboy boots with tuxedos, well, we’re just happy you have a shirt on. If the links are solid silver or gold, you should probably match them to the tone of your belt buckle, but if the metal is the backing for enamel or the mounting for something, then matching matters very little.
Cuff links are an accessory that men don't often have to deal with. They are usually encountered when renting a tux and sometimes when given to you by a relative or an older person who wears suits. Cuff links are a small accessory that has a big impact in the look of a suit or dress shirt
1. Pick up a cufflink. There is a basic cufflink with a little circle connected with a piece of metal that leads to a larger decorated circle. There are also ones that have a hinged back. The hinged back are more common than the other type, but you can easily use either style.
2. Turn the hinged cuff link so that the back is a straight line (no raised parts). Put the dress shirt on. There should be an opening for the cufflink on the shirt cuff. The cuff is the band of cloth at the wrist of the shirt.
3. Push the straight cuff link through the hole of the arm cuff so that the decorative area is facing away from you, and it goes through both holes in the cuff. With the non-hinged type, just push the smaller of the circles through the cuff.
4. With the hinged cuff link, you will need to push the hing out to keep the cuff link in the cuff. With the common cuff link, the smaller circle keeps the cufflink in.
Tips & Warnings - These directions are only for one cuff, do the same with the other side. - Do not use a button when using cuff links. It's either one or the other. - Make sure the decorative areas are looking out towards the sides of you. If this doesn't happen, the cuff links will be facing you.
