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Most mens shirts or custom made shirts are designed in an old traditional cuff styles with buttons to secure each other. This style of cuffs has long been used and does not even give a touch of a new look.  The fashion keeps on evolving and mens shirts cuff too. The double-cuff dress shirts or commonly referred as French cuff dress shirts, provide a new class of fashion and style. Cuffing a double-cuff on either a custom made shirts or ready to wear mens shirts has its own style folding or cuffing. French cuffs are button-less and requires a cuff-links closure. First, wear the shirts same as how you put on any dress shirts, fastening the front buttons and tucking the shirt’s tail into your trousers. Stretch one arm in front of you while the other hand unfolds the cuffs. Do this the same on the other hand.

Second, fold the cuff back towards you where the hem is on top. Attach the cuff to the dress shirts sleeve. Have the stitches folded in half as you neatly align them on the hem with the stitches.  Pinch with your fingers to make a crease fold.

Third, remove the dress shirt off you and get a flat iron to set out the crease. You may spray a bottle of starch to obtain a crisp finish. Now, slip back on the shirt back, once you have ironed both cuffs.

Fourth, direct the top two fabric layer of the folded cuff over the top of the bottom two layers of folded cuff. Then insert one side of the cuff link over the top of the cuff-link hole and pushing it through the hole. The holes are like buttonholes, but there has no buttons opposite to it. The traditional style of cuff-link has a large decorative tail or chain that feeds through the holes, and the other end is a bar, chain, knob or removable cap. Repeat the procedure on the other cuff link of your arm, and then you’re done.