Cufflinks - Eight Things You Didn't Know

The cufflink has always been associated with the5. In the 1880's George Krementz patented a war
upper echelon of most societies. According to theshell cartridge machine that was converted to mass
National Cufflink Society, this sign of high fashion andproduce cufflinks and the American cufflink industry
power has decorated the pharaohs of Egypt,was born.
Noblemen of Greece and the modern high powered6. In the 1960's Swank Inc. was the largest producer
executives of Wall Street. According to nationalof cufflinks and the industry produced 2 million per
records, in the late 1700's is approximately whenyear, now only about 200,000 are produced annually.
buttons became less fashionable and manufacturers7. The world's largest cufflink museum is in Conway,
started cutting slits into the cuffs of dress shirts. TheNew Hampshire displaying over 70,000 pairs of
modern day names for these shirts are French cuff.cufflinks.
What You Didn't Know About Cufflinks:8. The most expensive pair of cufflinks ever sold
1. Patricia and Gene Klompus founded The Nationalwas at a high profile antique auction. The cufflinks
Cufflink Society which is now based in Vernon Hills, IL.sold for $440,000 and were once King Edward VIII's.
2. The Tour a' Guilloche machine was the firstAs you can see, cufflinks have been around for quite
machine with the ability to mass produce cufflink ina while but it seems that their impact throughout
the 18th century.history never diminishes. Whether a compliment to
3. In the 1840's the middle class adopted the use ofyour profession, a date or fashionable gala, choosing
cufflinks but couldn't afford "precious metal" cufflinksthe right type of cufflink is of the utmost importance
and used fake gold plates and diamondsto the kind of signals you want to send to others.
4. In the 1920's enamel cufflinks were the mostMen make the suits and shirts but cufflinks make the
popular and are a highly valued and collectible itemimpression.
today.