How to make a mammoth style statement
IN THESE sartorially dismal times, when white shirts and grey suits are the name of the game in the Square Mile, a man has to be subtle with those little flourishes that add a bit of pizzazz to his work wardrobe.
For a City gent – at least one who doesn’t wear glasses – the best way to personalise the old uniform is with cufflinks. Now, you can go long with these little blighters. We have all seen those horrible efforts, the ones which resemble breasts or Homer Simpsons and which speak a bit too loudly of a certain type of character.
Far better are the sorts of thing we have here, which speak of subtle but unusual taste, including a pair made from genuine fragments of mammoth tusk, chipped from an animal found in the Siberian permafrost a few years back. They’re been lovingly fashioned by Dunhill, and are available exclusively to Harrods for the re-launch of their menswear section.
ASPINAL OF LONDON, £495
Onyx and mother of pearl chess cufflinks
www.aspinaloflondon.com
DUNHILL, £799
Cufflinks from mammoth fossil tusk, exclusively for Harrods
www.harrods.com
DAMIANI, £2,000
Colonial Hawk Eye cufflinks
www.damiani.com
VIYELLA, £25
Stag cufflinks
www.austinreed.co.uk
SONIA SPENSER, £45
Reversible cufflinks
www.soniaspencer.co.uk
WILLIAM & SON, £2,100
White gold and sapphire round diamond cufflinks
www.williamandson.com
TATEOSSIAN, £950
18 carat gold with onyx cufflinks
www.tateossian.com