What a find — I came across this great page about menswear accessories and sleeve garters and honestly I couldn't be more impressed by how rich the historical menswear background really runs!
I never realized that sleeve garters were purely decorative but learning about the functional shirt accessories (
http://event-photografie.de/index.php?mod=users&action=
view&id=495096) menswear accessories history blew my mind — it seems men's formalwear in the 19th and early 20th centuries used these as shirt accessories to keep cuffs clean while handling paperwork — absolutely fascinating men's fashion history and I'm seriously thinking about bringing this look back because there's something undeniably dapper about classic men's formalwear done right!