John Kehe of the website CSMonitor wrote an article about "the true glove story". How does this all began? Michael Jackson wearing a white glove on the right hand... In 1980 Kehe was working on a music video for the single "Can you feel it" for the King of Pop and his brothers. In the brainstorming day and with some a cappella performances from Michael, Kehe was asked to give him a tour of the production facilities at the company, Robert Abel & Associates. While walking through the different hallways, rooms and labs they met the chief film editor, Rick Ross who was editing a TV commercial. He was wearing a short white cotton glove on his left hand as...
It was the look of that period. Elegance was the most important word in fashion. Tidy hairstyle, minimal hair accessory (maybe a hat), perfect lines in the dress, the suit and the gloves were the must-have items of a wardrobe. Iconic Hollywood stars contributed to keep the gloves tradition in fashion between 1950s and 1960s. Audrey Hepburn Wherever you saw Audrey, there was a pair of lovely gloves. In "Sabrina", "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "Charade and all her movies". Always elegant, always Audrey! Humphrey Bogart This Oscar's winner, famous actor, well-knowned by "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon" had such a grace in his style. Always according to the fashion trends. Marilyn Monroe Her long satin gloves... who does not remember them?...
If you love gloves, you had probably heard about Millau, a wondrous place renowned by its famous viaduct, and for being the center glove-making world. This commune belongs to the Aveyron department in the French Midi-Pyrenees region of southern France. In the 9th century, Millau started to grown and became the center for the production of simple lambskin gloves. Then, in the 12th century, there was a great demand of new materials, textures, and designs. All kinds of skins were used: stag, peccary, python, ostrich, doeskin, lamb, suede, chamois. This unique expertise of glove-making has been preserved by the families in Millau and in early 20th century, the industry had 12,000 employees manufacturing 5 million pairs of gloves a year...
The fashion website Fashionisers.com made a fall/winter 2015-2016 catwalks review on accessories. The verdict comes as follows:
Let's get elbow length gloves
These elbow length gloves look really sophisticated. Many celebrities used them in the red carpet and in fashion weeks. Best brands: Dries Van Noten, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Elie Saab and Prada.
Furry styles
Suede comes with hairy appliques by Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Matthew Williamson and Fendi.
Reptile skins
Not only in belts and bags, also in gloves. Reptile skins are in. Their special prints, textures and futuristic designs make them objets of desire. Some of them look like fake leathers, too. Who made them? Haider Ackermann, Marni and Balenciaga.
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Source: Catwalkreport, Fashionisers
Archeologists found the oldest pairs of gloves in the Egyptian Pyramids. As many of the accessories that people wore during different times of our history, gloves were symbols of power. Who wore them? For many centuries only royalty, bishops and higher ranking men and women. At the beginning they were used as hands' protection, then as a fashion accessory and then it became part of different customs, rituals and symbolisms. In the Middle Age, the usual fabric gloves changed materials adding leather or even iron turning into gauntlets for riding, falconry and knight events. The high demand of leather gloves in the 1100s resulted as the establishment of the first companies of glovers. It was a huge business in the...
