A fashion conumdrum and announcement

I’m having a fashion conumdrum today. I need to do something about my winter work wardrobe, because it’s all a little old and casual. So this morning I decided I’d actually wear a skirt and tights (momentarily forgetting about cycling till I got downstairs and tried to get my leg over my bike) and with it a proper button-up shirt, one which I got at Vinnies. It’s a shirt with bold stripes on it in two shades of pink and blue, is some classy London brand, and felt like it had never been worn (you know how cotton shirts have that feel when they’ve never been washed?). And it’s definitely a ladies shirt, because it has the darts on either side, but, I think I know why it may have ended up at Vinnies, because, at the end of the sleeves it has only slits on either side. After fumbling around wondering what was going on here for a few seconds, I realised that they must be for cuff links!

Now, I thought cuff links were some sort of men’s bling, and I have never seen women’s cuff links in my life. It’s possible I haven't been looking, but since when did ladies shirts require cuff links?

I did some googling and came across this rather distressing news:

One item that you’ll rarely hear about is ladies cufflinks. When you think about cufflinks, you’ll invariably think of a James Bond style figure who wears cufflinks to look debonair and to finish off a nice suit. While there’s nothing wrong with this look or with men wearing cufflinks (since they are primarily a man’s accessory), there are more and more women’s shirts being sold that require ladies cufflinks.

So, that's what we might be in for. I really don't need to have cuff links in my life. For today I am walking around with the flaired-sleeve-poking-out-the-bottom-of-my-cardigan look happening (this shirt has a slightly seventies look, with a wide sort of collar too, so I think I am getting away with this) and I'd really like to keep good ole buttons.