Yes, men's formal shirts have a pocket. Some men put a decorative silk hanky in there, in fact. "Proper" cufflinks have a jewel or face on one side and the other side will be something similar to the face which screws on to a little bar that holds the cuff together. Sometimes there's a small chain on the back piece to keep it attached to the main part. These are a HUGE pain in the neck to put on, though (you really need the help of someone else), which is why most men who wear cufflinks went to the sway bar. ;-) I don't know about traditional cumberbunds, only modern ones, which, as you say, don't go all around for comfort's sake. Hmmmm. They probably did go all the way around, actually. Cumberbunds date (I believe) from the Victorian/Edwardian era and the Victorians were willing to wear all kinds of uncomfortable junk, and the men who wore these clothes had servants to help them get dressed. Men's formalwear is complicated, eh? Well, you know what Rita Rudner says about that. Men all wear tuxedoes so they know they "got it right" if they're wearing the same thing everyone else is... ;-) bonni

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