10 Commonly Made Mistakes By First Time Cufflinks Wearer [ Part 2/2 ] By : Adwin Ang 12 August 2006 Well without further delay, let me continue with part 2 of this article. Mistake #6 : Too ambicious when wearing cufflinks.Don't bother to try and push your cufflinks at one shot into four button holes on the sleeves. Chance are you won't succed at first go. Furthermore you are going to waste time undoing not forgetting the frustration. Just one hole one go. Mistake #7 : This is related to Mistake 4. Never put 2 pairs of similar cufflinks together. You might end up wearing one cufflink on each side of your sleeve. Always have a box/case to store them properly. A small investment to buy a cufflinks box/storage is always worthwhile. Mistake #8 : Not carrying a pair of emergency cufflinks. If you are first timer cufflinks wearer, you seriously want to consider carrying an extra pair of emergency cufflinks to free your self from worrying that your cufflinks might dropped accidentally. Now there are some credit card side looking cufflinks. Made for travellers. You can consider those. Mistake #9 : Wearing the cufflinks opposite. Yes, I mean it. If you are not wearing a double cuffed cufflinks, make sure you know the side without any cuff design should be worn on the inside of your shirt's sleeve. If you need a graphical picture, do check out the links on this blog. Mistake #10 : Lastly, well not the last excatly. There are a few more. But not maintaining your cufflinks. No,no. You do not need to wash them. But you need to use a micro fiber cloth to clean your cufflinks for best result. If you want to have shinny cufflinks surface, make sure you polish your cufflinks. Cufflinks full of finger prints look ugly. My recommendation is before and after you have worn your cufflinks, do briefly clean it with a soft cloth. I do hope you learn something from here. Watch out for the next posting on "Grading Cufflinks". What are the factors to look for? How much your cufflinks is worth? Please email me if you intend to syndicate this article. No part of this article shall be alter without permission from me. Thank you. Adwin Ang
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