SHIRTS

Single Cuffed Shirt

The single cuffed shirt is the most common shirt in the UK. Just about everyone in the country will have worn a single cuffed shirt at some stage in their life, whether it was part of the uniform at school, when going to an interview or just turning up for work at the office. The single cuff shirt differs from its double cuff sibling in one obvious way – you guessed it, the cuffs. Single cuffed shirts have no turn-backs and are fastened via a single button on each cuff. They are ideal for most outfits, more-so lounge suits than any other, but wearers should pay close attention to the collar and ensure that a rigid, as opposed to soft, collar is present. Not as impressive as their double-cuffed counterparts, unless there is a good reason, it may be wise to avoid them in favour of one their more executive rivals; the double-cuff, the winged collar or the Nehru.

Double Cuffed Shirt

The double-cuffed shirt is distinguishable from the single-cuffed shirt via, unsurprisingly, the cuffs. Featuring a traditional rigid collar and normal-length sleeves, the cuffs are twice as long as single-cuffed shirts and the wearer needs to fold them back over one another and use cufflinks to fasten them in place. With no buttons present, cufflinks are an essential addition which of course has the knock-on effect of bumping up the cost. That said, most would agree that the overall look attained with a double-cuff shirt is well worth the extra cash. Double-cuffed shirts can be worn with most outfits, but are at their best when worn with a traditional suits or other outfit in which a normal tie is the order of the day – if ruches, cravats or European ties are to be worn then you may want to avoid the double-cuff and if bow ties are the choice then a double-cuff is a definite no-no.