>makes it easier to close cuffs when putting on a shirt>extremely fashionabale>much more robust than buttonscan someone tell me why they fell out of use?
>>18691058they didn't.
>>18691058They are a relic of the era of stiff starched cuffs and collars where you couldn't use a normal button. You can't even get shirts like that these days, but the cuff style stuck around in a softer form. As fashion and menswear has become more casual, cufflinks and French cuffs became seen as stuffy. Also men have become so conditioned to see any jewelry that isn't a watch or wedding band as a negative few want to wear them. Honestly I love cufflinks and wear them quite often.
>>18691058Why exactly do they make it easier to close cuffs when putting on a shirt and how are they much more robust than buttons?
because 'suit rules' are fucking gay and we want to button the second coat button.
>>18691058Boomers killed off every single piece of mens fashion because they thought it would make them look gay. So what did they replace everything with? Nothing.
>>18691058It's funny, you can always tell when someone on /fa/ has just discovered menswear.>why they fell out of useBecause buttons are more convenient.
>>18691237>buttons are more convenientno they're fucking not.
>>18691261>quicker to fasten>don't have to fold the cuff in half>impossible to misplace>don't have to remove them when rolling the sleeves upPost a picture of your cufflink collection and/or of your double cuff shirt collection.>inb4 you won't because you don't have either and you yourself don't believe what you're posting
>>18691278>quicker to fastenfake>don't have to fold the cuff in halfthis is really minor.>impossible to misplaceunless you're retarded, it's pretty hard to misplace cufflinks>rolling sleeves upthis is the only legitimate reason, but most people never roll their sleeves up, but even then it's really minor.>post your cufflinksI'm on holiday so I only got one pair with me, but here ya go weirdo.
>>18691058>>18691237Both the collar and the cuffs used to be detachable before wwii. You would attach them separately to the shirt with cuff links. That was their original purpose
>>18691324>all these drawbacks are hardly relevant if you're smart and cool like meBy this same logic it's quicker to fasten buttons unless you're spastic.My bad for doubting you though, I think you're a larper but you're undeniably a serious one.
>>18691409it's just objectively easier to fasten cuffs with cufflinks than it is with buttons. so your point doesn't really apply here.
>>18691324I got these for 6 dollarsGo big, go boldI bought some homemade plasticine earrings from a weekend farmers market stall to convert into cufflinks with some cufflink blanks from aliexpress>>18691058to answer your question? probably had something to do with Industrialization and economic growth closing the gap between the working class and the wealthy, creating the far less formal (remember suits were regarded as loungewear in the late 1800s) white collar middle class, and therefore making business shirts except with the button cuffs of workshirts a popular "middle-of-the-road" option for a more versatile, hands-on image of the modern businessmanfrench cuffs, especially when somewhat loose, can tend to get in the way when typing, writing, cleaning, and any other tasks that tend to need dexterity. They take a little longer to undo than button cuffs as well, meaning that unless you're wearing snap cufflinks (which were a trend mainly in the 1920s), and especially if you're wearing finnicky chain cufflinks, it might take a lot longer to roll up your sleeves than if you were just wearing a button cuffed shirt>>18691141also this
people never used to wash their hands after taking a shitthey probably didn't wipe their ass either
