One of the most important part of a man’s dress shirt is the cuffs. Your dress shirt cuffs are also the part that people take notice of when you reach out to shake hands. In short, a shirt cuff is an extra layer of fabric at the lower end of the sleeve of a dress shirt. Cuffs serve the highly practical purpose of protecting the shirt from fraying. If fraying does occur, the cuffs can be fixed or replaced entirely without having to make major changes to the rest of the shirt. The dress shirt cuffs is almost like a replaceable spare part.
Shirt cuffs are generally split open at one edge and then fastened together with buttons or cufflinks, so the hand can slide through and then fit snugly around the wrist.
Although there are a multitude of cuffs available for your to choose from, the most popular and widely accepted are the barrel cuffs and French cuffs.
Barrel cuffs – also known as button cuffs, have buttonholes on the one side and buttons on the other. Since they are not overly formal, they are ideal for the office and any other occasion. and suitable for various other occasions. Barrel cuffs can have a round, square or angle cut. They can come with a single or two buttons on each cuff.
French cuffs – also called links cuffs, have buttonholes on both sides which are closed using either cufflinks or silk knots.
