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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?...

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...