Best Cufflinks & Tie Bars for the Modern Groom

Editor's pick

For the great majority of grooms, this is the right answer. The Tie Bar built its name on accessible, well-made men's accessories, and its cufflinks span polished metals, textures, classic round and square shapes, monograms, and novelty designs — with most pairs landing in the $20 to $40 range. The Textured Sweep Gold Cufflinks at around $20 are a clean, contemporary pick; the square silver pair is the one to choose if you want something timeless that takes an engraving, which makes it a frequent groomsmen choice. What earns it the top spot is not just the price — it is that the brand sells matching tie bars in the same metals, so his cufflinks, tie bar, watch, and buckle can all read in one family with no guesswork. For a rented tuxedo or an off-the-rack suit worn once, spending heirloom money makes little sense, and a $25 engravable silver pair photographs every bit as beautifully at close range. The honest limit is materials: at this price these are plated or base-metal pieces, not solid sterling or gold, so they are a wonderful wedding-day accessory and gift but not the object you hand down in fifty years. For that, see Tiffany or Cartier below — but most grooms should start here.

Best for

Most grooms — especially anyone in a rented tux, coordinating groomsmen, or buying their first real pair of cufflinks

Pricing

~$20–$40

Source: The Tie Bar — Cufflinks for Men · Visit The Tie Bar — Cufflinks & Matching Tie Bars

Best value

Cufflinks Depot occupies the most useful corner of the mid-range: personalization that is built into the design rather than added as an afterthought. Its Groom Chrome Oval Cufflinks at around $50 display the word 'Groom' on each cuff, with matching Best Man Oval cufflinks at about the same price and a Bride & Groom pair near $55 — a small, warm way to mark who is who across the wedding party in the getting-ready photographs. For a groom who wants something more refined, the Gold Round Engravable Double Border cufflinks at around $175 are 18kt gold plating over .925 sterling silver, with a two-toned effect that emerges when they are engraved with a date or initials. That is genuine value: a sterling core and a real engraving surface for well under the cost of a luxury-house pair. The retailer's range extends to roughly $315 for its more premium and custom options, so it scales from a thoughtful groomsman gift to the groom's own keepsake. The trade-off is brand cachet — these are not pieces with a famous box, and the labeled 'Groom' styles are charming but read as wedding-specific rather than as something he reaches for at a future black-tie event. For the bride coordinating a whole party affordably while keeping the personalization real, this is the best-value tier in the edit.

Best for

Grooms who want meaningful personalization — engraved or labeled — without stepping up to a luxury-house budget, and brides coordinating the full party

Pricing

~$50–$315

Source: The Knot — 17 Best Wedding Cufflinks · Visit Cufflinks Depot — Engravable 'Groom' & 'Best Man' Sets

Cufflinks.com, home of the Cufflinks, Inc. designer label, is where a groom goes when he wants the accessory to say something about him rather than simply finish the cuff. The Sterling Silver with Purple Enamel pair brings a deliberate pop of color that looks striking against a royal-blue suit or a plum tuxedo — the kind of detail a bride coordinating a colored palette will appreciate. The 33-inch Record Cufflinks at around $55 are the signature example of the brand's personal-interest range: a genuine, tongue-in-cheek nod to a music-loving groom. Beyond the groom himself, the retailer maintains a dedicated Wedding Party Gifts collection of cufflinks, tie clips, and pins from designer brands, which makes it a practical single stop for thanking the men around him. Prices run roughly $49 to $175 and up, placing it squarely in the mid-range alongside Cufflinks Depot. The reason it ranks just behind is that the novelty styles, charming as they are, age less gracefully than a plain engravable pair — the record cufflinks are perfect for the day and the rehearsal dinner but are not the heirloom you photograph again in twenty years. Chosen for character and color rather than legacy, though, this is one of the most enjoyable corners of the market.

Best for

Grooms who want personality, color, or a personal-interest theme, and couples sourcing coordinated wedding-party gifts in one place

Pricing

~$49–$175+

Source: Cufflinks.com — Men's Wedding Cufflinks · Visit Cufflinks.com (Cufflinks, Inc.) — Color & Novelty

If the goal is a piece he opens on the morning of the wedding and keeps, the personalized Etsy and boutique tier is built precisely for that intention. Kingsley Leather's personalized cufflinks, at around $71, pair full-grain leather faces with durable stainless-steel hardware and are explicitly framed to look as good on future anniversaries as they do on the wedding day — a softer, warmer alternative to cold metal that suits a relaxed or rustic celebration. The Bey-Berk monogrammed initial set takes the more traditional route: engraved cufflinks paired with a matching monogrammed money clip, a combination that has become a groomsman-gift staple precisely because the recipient uses the money clip long after the wedding. What unites this tier is personalization as the whole point — a date, a set of initials, a short message hidden on the back — which is exactly what turns an accessory into a keepsake. The honest caveats are the medium itself: Etsy quality varies by maker, so read reviews and confirm production and shipping timelines well before the wedding week, and leather is less formal than metal, so it suits a daytime or rustic look better than black tie. Chosen carefully from a well-reviewed shop, though, this is the most personal entry in the edit.

Best for

Grooms and couples who want a deeply personal, engravable keepsake for a daytime or rustic wedding, and standout groomsman gifts

Pricing

~$21–$71

Source: The Knot — 17 Best Wedding Cufflinks · Visit Etsy Personalized — Kingsley Leather & Bey-Berk Monogram

When the cufflinks are meant to outlast the marriage's first half-century, Tiffany & Co. is the reference point. The house works only in solid sterling silver for its silver designs — no plating — and its catalog runs from clean round and square sterling pairs through gold, jade, and enamel, including pieces by Elsa Peretti, Jean Schlumberger, and Paloma Picasso. The Knot and Double Knot cufflinks, estimated around $625, are the natural wedding choice: the knot motif reads as quietly symbolic, the form is timeless, and the surface takes engraving cleanly. The 1837 Cufflinks anchor the entry of the collection near $400, with the Atlas and wedding-themed 'For,' 'Ever,' and 'I Do' styles landing around $600. Tiffany itself suggests a set of engraved cufflinks as a groom or groom's-party thank-you gift, which tells you the house designs with exactly this occasion in mind. What you are paying for, beyond the metal, is permanence: a piece that will be re-boxed, re-gifted, and worn by a son or grandson, with the brand's servicing and recognition behind it. The clear-eyed caveat is value at the wedding-day level — a groom who simply needs cufflinks for one rented tuxedo is not getting four hundred dollars of additional polish in the photographs. This tier is for the keepsake, not the costume.

Best for

Grooms who want a true heirloom to hand down, and couples treating the cufflinks as a lasting keepsake or significant gift

Pricing

~$400–$800

Source: Tiffany & Co. — Cuff Links · Visit Tiffany & Co. — Knot & Sterling Cufflinks

Cartier sits at the ceiling of this edit, and it is honest to say so plainly: this is a purchase made for the object and the name, not for the marginal improvement it brings to a wedding photograph. The Maison's dress cufflinks are built in materials that signal exactly where they sit — sterling silver with a palladium finish and translucent blue lacquer, gold, and lacquer detailing — with entry pieces estimated from around $500 and the collection climbing well into the low thousands, sold through Cartier's own boutiques and official site. For a groom who already owns or aspires to the house's other pieces, a pair of Cartier cufflinks is a coherent and genuinely special choice: the craftsmanship is exceptional, the design language is unmistakable, and the piece holds its character for a lifetime of black-tie wear far beyond the wedding. It ranks just below Tiffany here for one practical reason — Tiffany's knot and wedding-themed styles are designed and marketed for this exact occasion, with engraving and keepsake framing built in, whereas Cartier's appeal is broader luxury rather than wedding-specific symbolism. The caveat is simply scale: at this price the cufflinks can rival the cost of the entire rest of the groom's look, so this tier makes sense only when the piece is the intended legacy purchase, chosen with the same deliberation as a watch.

Best for

Grooms making a deliberate legacy purchase — a collector's heirloom chosen with the same care as a fine watch

Pricing

~$500+

Source: Cartier — Cufflinks & Dress Accessories · Visit Cartier — Lacquer & Gold Dress Cufflinks