If you want to add a little extra flair to your look, then you can use more than one pair of cufflinks at once. To do this, simply place them on both sides of the cuff and make sure that they are evenly spaced apart from each other so that they look balanced when you put on your jacket or blazer overtop.
If you have trouble deciding what kind of cufflinks to wear on your shirt with buttons, then it might be helpful for you to think about what kind of occasion or event you are going to be attending before purchasing any type of jewelry. For example, if you’re going out on a date with someone special then maybe consider buying some simple gold or silver colored cufflinks instead of something with diamonds or other types
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HOW TO MAKE A STANDARD SHIRT CUFF LINK READY
How to Make a Standard Shirt Cuff Link Ready
My oldest son is kind of a fan of dressing up. He is a member of his High School FBLA team and recently went to the state competition {where you have to dress in full suit} and begged me to put cufflink holes in his standard shirt so that he could sport his cufflinks that he got for Christmas. Apparently, shirts with cufflink holes are far more expensive then your run of the mill standard dress shirt. Who knew? And more expensive is just not my MO, so alas, I knew there was a way to do it on my own and save money. Here’s how I did it!
How to start with making your standard shirt cuff link ready
I started with my son’s standard dress shirt.
You know it’s a standard dress shirt because of these two buttons on the cuff.
You want to remove the buttons.
Now fold back your cuff and you will have four layers.
Your cufflink will go through all four layers of your shirt, however, as it is now, there is only one button hole.
Sew on a buttonhole
I used the button that I removed and put on my button hole foot on my sewing machine. This feature on my Janome sewing machine is amazing!
I don’t remember button holes being so easy! If you don’t make button holes often, you may want to practice on a scrap piece of fabric.
Mark through your button hole where you will need to make your new button hole.
You will need to make this mark on all three layers that you will be creating a new cuff link hole.
This is a picture of four button holes
{see the two below the cuff}
Use an xacto knife and cut open your button hole.
Fold back your cuff and insert your cufflink through all four layers.
That’s it!
It took me about 5 minutes to do on each side.
How to Put on Cufflinks?
Welp, that’s an age old question!
With your shirt on, pinch the cuffs of the sleeve together. Insert the cufflink through both holes in the shirt’s cuff.
The decorative part faces the outside.
On the backside of the cuff, flip the bar to hold your cuff link in place.
Aren’t you going to look nice?!