French cuff question

[Tomasso]

no, like a standard single button cuff.

Like so:

 

[Papperskatt]

Here's a pic of Jude Law wearing a french cuff "barrel cuff style" in Sherlock Holmes. I think it looks great!

 

[carldelo]

Ah interesting, thanks very much for this picture, I feel moderately vindicated.

This points up an issue I've found. You see how the overlap is done - it's reversed compared to a standard button cuff, i.e. the underside of the cuff is on top.

When nesting a French cuff as A.J. suggested, this is the natural way that the cuffs lay --- the underside has to be on top in order to have the fabric arranged properly for the secondary button. It looks kind of strange at first, but makes sense when you see it in detail.

 

[Ernest P Shackleton]

When I opened this thread, I thought the discussion was going to be about tight rolling (pinch rolling) your pant cuffs because I've, at times, heard tight rolling also referred to as French cuffs.

 

[Tomasso]

I've only heard of the 'French Cuff' applied in two instances:1.) Shirt cuffs as we are discussing here. And 2.) A tailoring term (also called a faux cuff) for a technique used to create a cuff on trousers when there is limited material available.

 

[Papperskatt]

I saw this pic of Nikola Tesla and it got me thinking about this old thread. It looks like he's wearing a french cuff barrel cuff style.

 

[Quetzal]

My first vintage pieces were three sets of cuff links (circa 1950s-1960s) that were purchased for pennies. Since then, I've always worn cuff links with suits, but never anything more casual, in part because it just seems right and help others differentiate between "casual" and "dressed-up". I'll always wear them, regardless if others hate their "clunky" and "outdated" appearance.

-Quetzal

 

[Talbot]

I saw this pic of Nikola Tesla and it got me thinking about this old thread. It looks like he's wearing a french cuff barrel cuff style.

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Towards the end of 'Gone with the Wind' Clark Gable also wears links in this manner. I can not say if they are French Cuffs or not tho', and frankly...