Amazing Pair of Vintage Opera Gloves
Vintage style, it's so elegant. It's so pretty. They put time and effort into the way they dressed. Probably because they had less distractions. And people actually looked at each other and interacted. Today we tend to look at our electronic devices and walk around like zombies in pajamas and flip flops.
But I urge change. Bring out the gloves! I recently came across an exciting treasure trove of new old stock vintage ladies gloves. As I was admiring my finds, I wondered to myself why did ladies wear gloves all the time? And why don't we do it today?
Gloves were and still are a sign of affluence and elegance. The history of the glove goes back thousands of years. Gloves are, and were, so much associated with elegance and high class that they were worn on all possible occasions, from weddings to funerals. They were worn as protection, as a sign of a person's standing, for modesty, and when someone hated the look of their hands (Vivien Leigh) . The length of gloves originally had to do with the sleeve of the dress worn. In the above picture we see over the elbow extra long opera gloves paired with a sleeveless gown. If you had a long sleeve dress you would wear a wrist length glove. But women in time adopted glove styles according to their own preference, Audrey Hepburn loved the "three-quarter" length glove that she is wearing in the Poster for "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
