Antorà’s cufflinks, Catania’s brand that conquered the world ♦ ︎
Cufflinks? I’m no longer a jewel only for a man. There are women who wear shirts and show up glittering cufflinks on the wrist: they certainly do not go unnoticed. Among jewelers specialists in precious closures for shirts there is Antonio Rapisarda: he designs and produces cufflinks since 2001, when he decided to create Antorà. An unusual choice, as is not usual the location: Catania. The city of Sicily, just below the Etna volcano, has thus become a destination for the gentleman who wants to add a touch of elegance to his clothing, but also for women who want to get out of the scheme. Antorà’s twins are in gold and silver, enriched with enamel, diamonds or precious stones, and with imaginative shapes. Not only that: the designer jeweler Sicilian has also invented a very different line, Les Montres, which replaces cufflinks with small clock mechanisms. From Catania, the jeweler has managed to conquer half world: almost half of his twins are sold abroad, a quarter in the United States. Alessia Mongrando