| If you're looking for some sound advice about | | | | London Badge and Button Company (Lbb London) |
| men's fashion accessories, brand names, and | | | | owned by Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd the |
| manufacturers and want to make the right | | | | oldest family run businesses in the world, |
| buying decisions without traipsing around and | | | | having been established in England over 300 |
| given the run around, then this may interest | | | | years ago by a family of Huguenot refugees |
| you. There is an awful lot of untapped talent | | | | the Toyés. Since 1685 members of the Toye |
| in London and about, names that a lot of | | | | family have been using their skills to create |
| consumers are not familiar with, the quality | | | | fine enamel and silver jewellery. The London |
| of their products is equal to any | | | | Badge and Button Company has over 30 years of |
| international brand; Veritas Precious Metal | | | | experience in design and development of fine |
| Design, Simon Carter, Ian Flaherty, Lbb | | | | silver-gilt and silver cufflinks for high |
| London are names you'll be hearing about, | | | | fashion men's accessories retailers. Each |
| want more? | | | | cufflink captures a unique heritage, a |
| | | | manifestation of craftsmanship trough the |
| Feraud, School tie, Designer Tie Everything | | | | ages. |
| that can be said about Feraud designer silk | | | | |
| ties has been said, everyone proclaims that | | | | A Trout Cufflink The Trout is another from |
| their ties are made from the finest silks in | | | | of nature cufflinks. Ian Flaherty's latest |
| the world, they're handmade to exacting | | | | impressionable creationsUsing enamels to |
| specifications and so on, it all starts to | | | | replicate true to life colours, a cufflink in |
| sound a bit staid. Louis Feraud designer silk | | | | perfect proportionate scale, every detail is |
| ties are simply conservative, cleverly | | | | carefully considered even fins and gills are |
| arranged stripes using colours that are easy | | | | evident, bringing lifeless forms to life, his |
| to coordinate, reminiscent of the old school | | | | collections should be on the A list of |
| tie, simplicity at its best. They're made | | | | collectors, don't let this one get away. |
| from the same kind silks that hundreds of | | | | Build a set, the fox, partridge, mallard, |
| other brands use and they're made in Italy at | | | | horse and jockey all hand enamelled in the |
| the same factory that hundreds of other brand | | | | same tradition as Faberge. For many centuries |
| names use. At least you know what you're | | | | vitreous enamel has been widely used to adorn |
| getting, a reasonable tie for a reasonable | | | | jewellery of the highest quality- from |
| price with a very good name attached. | | | | Parisian gold snuffboxes of the 18th century |
| | | | to Carl Faberge's Imperial Eggs in the early |
| Work of Art Cufflinks, Mother of Pearl Every | | | | 20th century. Archaeological evidence |
| significant movement in art can be traced | | | | suggests that enamelling may date back to |
| through the design of cufflinks. Jewellers | | | | 3000BC. The Byzantine Empire, Chinese, French |
| like Cartier and Tiffany crafted work of art | | | | and Russian cultures have all influenced the |
| cufflinks in mother of pearl, crystal and | | | | development of enamelware. Cloisonné, |
| precious stones...These famous fashion names | | | | which is a design distinguished by using |
| establish designer cufflinks as the essential | | | | flattened wire to separate the enamel, is |
| accessory for men. And now, materials of | | | | most suited to jewellery. Consider it. |
| choice by the famous mentioned are fashioned | | | | |
| into little treasures. Combining Onyx with | | | | A Cufflink Mine Appropriately labelled the |
| the textural brilliance of mother of pearl so | | | | Mine Cufflinks by Simon Carter, represents |
| naturally compatible and expertly gleaned to | | | | another designer in good form. Using a |
| solid silver reflecting the best that nature | | | | brushed metal dome and studding with small |
| has to offer, now on offer directly from the | | | | crystals that glint at every angle against |
| hands of a world class jeweller; Mark Platt - | | | | the light. Semblance of a mine, but |
| Vertas Gifts | | | | constructed with economics in mind, a lovely |
| | | | way to decorate your cuffs. |
| Enamel and Silver Cufflinks: Birmingham's | | | | |
| contribution Occupying a space in | | | | Does this help? |
| Birmingham's famous jewellery quarter is the | | | | |