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Bring back the opera-length evening glove — 13 Comments

  1. When I was a child most women wore gloves when they went out of the house. They also wore veils at formal occasions, mostly outdoors. The veils were thin lace and disappeared about the time men’s hats began to disappear. I think JFK had a lot to do with that.

  2. Elegance does not go with Michelle. Part of it is her big butt.

    Today, where would one wear long gloves? We’d need to really go back to the 1950s, which would be wonderful. Tuxedos and dinner jackets for men. Dinner jackets?

  3. I absolutely loved wearing them to formal occasions! And I recall flying with my family, as a child, all of us well dressed and my mother wearing the attractive short white gloves, all the way to California. Thank you for gifting me this little box of nostalgia.

  4. My grandmother had a black velvet cape lined in purple. It appears to have been custom made. Such a luxury for her, I can only imagine where in the world she would have worn it in Middletown, Kentucky. Anyway, I have the opera length purple gloves that accompanied the cape and am awaiting an opportunity to wear them. Five months to Halloween.

  5. I don’t know if it was also the fashion in the US, but in the late 80’s I dated a model who, for about a year, wore just one of those long-length gloves whenever we went somewhere reasonably formal.

    We were very young so I didn’t see the look very often and never asked why.

    Her girlfriends in the industry also did the same so I think it was a look that went beyond just her.
    She looked really hot in her glove – but that may not have been entirely down to the glove.

    I agree that the longer gloves were very elegant and enhance the look of just about all ladies. However, no-one has worn them better than the immortal Grace Kelly.
    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/6a/a9/74/6aa974c2ab40be2c36be568207a24e52.jpg

  6. I have several pairs of suede gloves of different lengths in my dresser drawer. From ~1960 or so. With embroidered flowers. I treasure them, but probably will never again wear them.
    Dunno why I keep them. Nostalgia for a day and time that will never return?

  7. Feminism killed all that.. Duh
    Your pinning over something intending to objectify you
    It’s evil
    Your masters have spoken
    Take it up with them…

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