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Who would have thought that an edible shellfish such as the abalone can be turned into a charming little piece of jewelry that is at par with some of the most popular designer cufflinks available in the market?

Not only is it beautiful and sophisticated. Artisans have found the shell of the abalone a very sturdy material; it can outlast the elegant luster of other precious stones and crystals that has been commonly used in silver cufflinks.

That’s exactly what most people love about the 9 square abalone silver cufflinks. Appearance alone is not enough especially for collectors who wanted to give their collections as legacy to their grandchildren and the generations after.

A shell of the abalone creates very interesting patterns on its own. What more if it’s embedded onto the timeless appeal of sterling silver? The 9 square abalone silver cufflinks exemplify exactly that. Imagine the patterns of blue and green on the abalone. Have these tiny bits of lustrous shells compartmentalized into nine equal squares and you’ll get an eccentric and stylish design that is perfect for your French cuffs.

The beauty of these cufflinks is that they are wearable in any occasions. Wear them during a casual night out with friends, in the office or in a formal event with the boss. It would look good in blacks, browns and whites—blue and green will surely spruce up a dull suit and tie ensemble but won’t attract all the wrong attention either.

If you are looking for versatility and durability, these abalone cufflinks are the right pair for you.

Wear these for the love of the game—the black and white checkerboard cufflinks, that’s what.

It is never too late to express how much you love flexing those muscles with anyone, big or small. Some people tend to take advantage of you because of your looks. Don’t let them do that again. If they want competition, give them a legitimate one by challenging them to a game of chess. You know you’ll beat them. And to give yourself a prize, why not buy yourself a pair of vintage swank cufflinks?

It seems that most of the people you meet who knows how much you prefer a game of chess to a bunch of alcohol-induced chicks would think of you as a nerd who does not know a thing about the real world and who does not even know how to have fun and how to take things a little lightly. Prove them wrong! You are different but that does not necessarily mean that you aren’t fun, does it?

You should also deconstruct the stereotype that nerds have no fashion sense. Truth is that they do ! It’s just different from the rest of the world. They care about how they look and that’s exactly why they don’t often go against the flow when dressing up, right ? They have an image to preserve and the clothes that they wear gives them the privilege to preserve that image.

Take for example, if they are required to go to a black tie event and must wear a pair of designer cufflinks, they won’t be wearing the traditional ones most men of their age would wear. They would rather get a pair of vintage swank cufflinks to match their suits. And mind you, it would look good !

They always say that music is a universal language. At first, one may think that the cliche is too romantic or metaphysical. The truth of the matter is that there is some actual basis in that.

Music is universal because it transcends the boundary of culture and societal formation. The logical progression of sound is different from the logic of language. Language is a social formation that is meant for communication messages. Music is made of sound, sounds that are produced through friction of two objects that may or may not appear in all cultures of the world. Nonetheless, the sound that is produced is concrete and does not need to be subjected to interpretations that will then be affected by the point of view or the culture of the interpreter.

Which is why if you will notice, the music produced by indigenous African tribes can have similarities with that of Asian’s or South Americans. The reason being is that if one uses a wind instrument in Asia and another uses a different kind of wind instrument in Scandinavia, he is still using the same air to produce sound waves.

Music is universal because it resides on the person’s ear for melody and harmony you cannot deny. You don’t need to be part of a certain culture to know the difference between noise and music whatever genre you are listening to.

If you have a music lover friend but you are not quite sure which genre he prefers, the safest is to give him the musical note cufflinks instead of the more particular designs of music cufflinks in the selection. Any sterling silver cufflinks that are related to music will do but this one will remind him that there shouldn’t be any form of discrimination when it comes to musical tastes.

You have probably seen them hidden in the attic or the garage together with a turntable. They used to be your father’s most priced possessions but now they are nothing more than clutter in the house.

But wait until you are given the chance to play old 45 records of artists such as The Beatles, The Who, Pink Floyd, or The Rolling Stones; surely, the experience will give you another handful of reasons to keep them; this time, not in the attic but in your own room.

Those who have gone through the same experience are most likely to appreciate the difference of listening to old 45 records compared to the compact disks and mp3s that we know of today. The former is the closest we get to the rawest sound quality. It is really difficult to simulate the same sound if you are going to compress the audio files to fit your music player.

Too bad, no record labels are distributing music through old 45 records anymore. But if you are such a fan, the most you can do is to get designer cufflinks that will remind you of the good old days. Old 45 record cufflinks are available in most jewelry and accessories stores online. Watch out for it and for other designs of music cufflinks.

It is good to know that even if you are no longer allowed by modern day technology to enjoy the simple things in life, there are still ways for you to at least reminisce about it and find joy in the memories. Wearing cufflinks and other accessories that will remind you of those days are sometimes enough.

Many are complaining about what’s happening in the music industry today. We are seeing countless of bands and artists who seem to be manufactured to sound and look the same. It wouldn’t matter if what you are to hear from them is quality music; the sad part is that, it is the opposite.

Because most of these musicians are forced to extract their creative juices due to the demands of the records companies they are signed under, most of them fail to release their full potentials. Instead, what the audience gets from them are half-baked performances. The weirdest thing about it is that the audience actually like their music as it is! That’s the power of media. They decide who sounds good and who doesn’t. They have the monopoly of aesthetics when it comes to the realm of music, fashion and lifestyle. The latter two, in fact, are what lure the audience into liking the musician for some reasons.

It is because the audience seems to love musicians whom they can look up to and relate with. No wonder that when an artist wears a pair of very distinct designer cufflinks, his or her fan base would also wear the same in no time. So much that when a pair of music cufflinks are worn by an unknown artist he would easily get the attention of the audience if his or her fashion sense cater to them. That’s right. If  you are already famous, anything you wear—even if it’s just classical sheet music cufflinks—will seem good in the eyes of your fans.

Most historians treat the Mongolians as historical villains. What they fail to realize is that the rich Asian cultural and technological heritage we have today is partly caused by Genghis Khan’s relentless search for loot all across mainland Asia and Eastern Europe.

As the Mongolian pirates roamed the continent, they unconsciously bring along with them cultural artifacts from the last settlement they have been to and because they span almost all of Asia and Europe, these two continents were able to share each other’s wealth of knowledge.

Take the invention of paper and gunpowder as an example. Some historians say that paper was first made in Pompeii while others say that even before that, China already has the technology of manufacturing paper scrolls from wood. Same goes with gunpowder. Most people thought that the technology came from Europe when, in fact, China is already using it in fireworks display several centuries before the first gun was manufactured.

If you are one of those who believe that the Mongolians have done the world good with their constant looting and raiding, then this Asian-styled skull pendant would represent your strong deviation from popular knowledge. Stainless steel pendants and sterling silver cufflinks won’t tarnish as much as Genghis Khan’s greatness did since time immemorial.

But that’s not going to happen if you, as someone who has an alternative history to tell, would dare to continue the search for truth about the Asian civilization. It is high time that we deconstruct the popular notion that Europe is the center of the civilized world. What they did was try to conquer the world but that does not necessarily mean greatness.

As soon as you see a pair of Ares crystal cufflinks in black, your day is instantly transformed to an ancient Greece day, during the Feast of Dionysia when the people celebrated the gods in the most humanistic forms.

Back then gods are much like human beings who feel envy, love, fear and joy. The only difference, so it seems is that gods are immortal whereas human beings have to fear death. Nonetheless, gods fear the Fates as they do not have control on how the thread of life is being spun.

Also, Greek gods commit mistakes just like women. In a sense, having emotions and making mistakes always come in handy. It’s because emotions cloud your better judgment. When you are envious, you do things to other people that are way different from your principles. Gods also have that. Hera, for one, have killed and put maidens to harm because of her jealousy. Zeus, who seems to get easily lured by a maiden’s charm, just couldn’t help but transform himself to a life form just to make love with someone—all to Hera’s wrath. When you mistake Ares, expect an unforeseeable revenge.

It seems that Shefaly has also been amused by the Greek concept of supreme beings which is why he was able to put such enlightenment to a modern humanistic endeavor found in the craftsmanship of jewelries. Designer cufflinks are the most notable of Shafaly’s work and that should be clear enough with the sight of these Shafalay’s cufflinks.

It’s amusing how one could easily attribute a certain style or approach in arts, fashion and design to a group of people. We are all rooting for the purple and blue enamel cufflinks because its design seems very Italian. But the question remains: What makes the color purple and blue segmented into quadrilaterals of different sizes and orientation Italian?

Another question that would come to mind regards the particulars: Which Italian are we talking about? The Italian experience has been influenced by the social and cultural conditions of the times. It is even difficult to pinpoint which among the eras of Italy has become the turning point for fashion.

We all know that the humanism during the Italian Renaissance is the advent of art appreciation, practice and criticism. Fashion should not be separated from the arts as a means of expression and in the most noticeable sense, as a predictor of the times.

In today’s world, when someone sees a set of purple cufflinks that look like the quadrilateral we have just mentioned above, it becomes easy for him who was a spectator of the Italian experience to determine that the designer cufflinks he had seen is indeed Italian.

It says a lot on the premise that art itself predicts time and space. The poet knows the future of the future and the space beyond space that when he sees a pair of cufflinks, he could easily determine the material condition of what is being perceived as a determiner of what should be perceived next, perhaps on a different level even.

One may find it surprising how very cosmopolitan Wallstreet individuals would pay anything for a chance to take off their coats and ties and get all muddy and damp with sweat to take part in a huge gathering of aggressive adolescence and post-adolescence possessed by school spirit.

The very idea of competition among colleges and universities is as trivial. How can four years of living in a dormitory and the nearest fast food chain be enough to develop in an individual a sense of pride for an institution that aims to put him in the same box he has been put into since he began calling himself literate? How could someone feel that way on his alma mater to the point that he would kill for the last pair of college cufflinks available?

Come to think of it, school pride does not really begin on the first day of college. In high school, one would meet people whose goal in life is to go to an Ivy League university, if not, to a university where the most successful member of the family went.

The Michigan State University even sells designer cufflinks to develop this school pride. It’s a double-edge sword, the academe has for research and extension. A person who wishes to study in MSU would buy the Michigan State Spartans cufflinks to celebrate with the university’s glory in all its endeavors. At the same time, wearing the cufflinks everywhere he goes is a publicity for himself and for the university.