I have a vast glove collection, Fashionable Reader. My hands are just small enough to wear vintage gloves (well, some of them) and I adore gloves. I wear them for all my events.
I have perpetually cold hands, you see. Even if it's warm out, my hands tend to be cold. I come by my bad circulation naturally, thank you very much.
Anyhoo, I also believe that gloves keep me from getting sick from glad-handing at events. So you will almost always see me wearing them.
Recently, I decided it was time to sort through the collection. I find I wear leather way more frequently than other materials of glove. Also, I was just using some gloves more than others. So I decided it was time to get rid of a few. (I'm on a big purge kick at the moment.)
Here are some of the ones I've decided to get rid of. They will be part of goodie boxes via the Chirrup.
As you can see, both the green one I'm wearing in the first picture and the white ones in the second are on the chopping block.
I'll be giving them away inside various Chirrup goodie boxes over the next year or so. You have to join to enter.
"Never put on another person's gloves."
~ The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book
by Eliza Leslie (American 1864)
And now, a retrospective on gloves...
For Mrs Loontwill in her debut days...
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| 1800-1810 The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
For Monique in the Finishing School series...
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| Evening Gloves 1830-1835 The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
For Ivy in the Parasol Protectorate series...
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| Evening Gloves 1880-1900 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
For Primrose in the Custard Protocol series...
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| 1895-1900 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg2 |
For Gail...
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| 1955 The Philadelphia Museum of Art |
"It is not admissible to try on kid gloves in a store. After buying a pair, ask for the glove-stretcher, (which they keep in all good shops, for the convenience of customers,) and then stretch the gloves upon it, unless you have a glove-stretcher at home. This will render them easy to put on when you take them into wear."
~ The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book
by Eliza Leslie (American 1864)
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