subject: Designer Cufflinks: Modern Gifts for Modern Men [print this page] Designer Cufflinks: Modern Gifts for Modern Men
Cufflinks make excellent gifts for men. Particularly when they have been designed to inspire recollections of historic and classic Ferraris, and are manufactured from solid sterling silver finished with rare and interesting metals. Every man likes to feel smart, well groomed and chic. These ranges of Ferrari based cufflinks deliver that feeling with every detail. They are based on the lines and components of the classic cars: the gear shift gates, the steering wheels, even the old wheel spinners.
Gifts for men are not as hard to find as you'd think: you simply have to combine those two apparently contradictory themes into one accessory or item of dress and you're set. The best cufflinks have a wonderful modern look, a really unique use of materials (like coloured metals, for example): but can be clearly related to the whole tradition of gent's accessories, which really started in the early 1900s. They marry a dress tradition that is more than 100 years old, with a severe modern aspect.
GTO London, an online store is currently turning out some excellent men's gifts: cufflinks that have been made with years of sartorial tradition firmly in mind, juxtaposed with the inspiration provided by classic sports cars. This style inspiration is able to work very neatly with the whole masculine ideal of wealth, power and sophistication: the cufflinks blend right in with the tradition of classy dress, while their materials and the designs they have been based on represent the ultimate modern version of manly fashion and cool.
Some of the cufflinks in question are made from Real Ferrari Metal (RFM). From tyre treads to wheel trims, there's a classic Ferrari image from every era and for every taste. The 60s and 80s are well represented via gear shift gate designs from the appropriate periods: in both cases offering both silver and RFM options. The Real Ferrari Metal cufflinks are available in certain incarnations of the range but not all.
As gifts for men all these cufflinks, like the cars that inspired them, are cut from a slightly different cloth. From the rhodium detailing on the gear boxes to the enamelled centre button on the silver steering wheel, they combine the elegance of their base metal with a smooth sophistication of design. Just enough embellishment to stand out without being overbearing. The real Ferrari metal cufflinks are rustic and rich bronze in appearance and tend to be augmented with the black rhodium, a shade that offers a perfect contrast to the Ferrari colour. As the real Ferrari metal is used without treatment, it will age just like the real thing, whilst retaining the strength of the car that inspired the piece.
At GTO London, there are different models of cufflinks, few of which can be had either as sterling silver or in the Real Ferrari Metal. As gifts for men they are without parallel. A little piece of historic style and grace, re imagined as a very modern gent's dress accessory. The infinitesimal detailing, the nuts on the gear shifts and the spokes on the steering wheel and the use of precious and coloured metals makes these cufflinks something special indeed.
