Wearing & Collecting Vintage Gloves 

Grab a snack I guess? One day I'll learn how to be concise...maybe ;)

Hats? Different types and what outfit they go with. Scarves... hair accessories?

Damn, we've lost the use of such good silk. I was almost jealous, hearing you read off all those dress combinations with the gloves.😭👏

That top you are wearing is divine ! As an older women gloves are perfect as hands show age more than any other part of the body.

Recently, wore my 1950's suit with my vintage gloves to Dapper Day at Disneyland. So nice to see women all dressed up!! Great vlog, very informative!!

I love vintage-style dressy gloves (shorter, not the opera length), but I have very large hands and over several decades have only been able to find a couple pairs of stretchy vintage gloves that I could squeeze into. Unfortunately, they weren't the best condition or really useful colors, but I bought them anyway just because. As King Lear implored, "O, reason not the need." I eventually gave up looking and forgot about my old love until I saw this video. With the link you provided to the Dents Company's plain white cotton gloves that come in larger sizes, I started to think that with a bottle of Rit dye, a little bit of embroidery and some delicate beading, I just may, finally, have my heart's desire. Thank you.

I have bought a pair of 32cm (11.inch) long gloves from eBay. The gloves are 60 years old and have been worn by a gentlewoman before, and are made of absolutely soft and extremely tender goat leather! Touching my gloves make you hear angels sing: I have never touched such a soft leather before, and now I own a pair of these super fine gloves made of 100% leather myself

Well done. Thank you. Since I was born in 1946, I wore gloves from toddler age until they were pretty much not available in regular stores anymore. Sure wish I still had all the gloves I wore, but I wore them out. My favorites were the kid gloves I wore in the 1960s. Your videos are wonderful. Gloria

I was born in 1947, At Christmas and at my birthday as I grew up I frequently was given white knit summer gloves or cotton gloves every year as well as new slips. My mother scrubbed my white gloves by hand because I would touch things with my fingers. My mother wore gloves to church, shopping and when we went to a larger city. She had brown, tan, black and white gloves, so,e leather some cotton. She always had a hat and often her shoes and purses were bought as a set. My mother looked so feminine and like a lady. I looked up to her and wanted to be like her. Love the fifty's clothing, style.

I simply adore long opera gloves, and you look like a beautiful Hollywood actress from the 1940's. Keep doing what you love doing.

Your video was very informative and fun to watch. I have 21 pairs of my mother's gloves from the 50's and 60's. I will appreciate her gloves even more so now. Thank you!

This is so helpful in the year 2020, because of this virus we need to start wearing gloves again. 💜

I came across this video by accident and wow am I glad I did!! I have a passion for hats, gloves and jewelry, accessories. I have about 10/12 pairs of gloves, shorties, gauntlet and opera in that mix. I loved your glove drawers! That is a great idea. Also, thank you for referring to Etsy for gloves. For some reason that did not occur to me, duh...I have to wear gloves all of the time due to a medical condition. I am basically allergic to the sun and fluorescent lighting. So I figure I might as well wear the gloves I like! For in the house, I wear shorties with long sleeves and the finger tips are cut off, long length for shorter sleeves, with the tips cut off. Outside, I wear the length that will cover the most skin with tips intact. I have either black or white in each length and a purple pair to go with a purple coat and hat I have for Winter. A certain color of purple is my favorite, so whenever I see an accessory in that color, I buy it! So glad I found this video! I am very happy to find someone else who likes gloves too. I do get noticed and looked at, but the comments have always been positive. I'm sorry you have had to endure rude comments and disapproving looks. You'll never get that from me. I'll be the one who says, "You Go Girl!!"

I am working my way through your videos and was excited to see your info on gloves. I have small hands for my frame and height, and gloves are some of the only vintage items that fit me consistently, so I've build a bit of a collection. I've gotten my gloves in the scarf section at thrift stores, and in estate auctions. Since they likely all belonged to one person, the whole lot is usually the same size, which can be good or bad depending. The last lot I picked up had that distinct "been in a box for 30 years" smell, and several of the white pairs were dingy. Someone suggested that I put them on to give them a good scrub, and it works really nicely to get stubborn spots out - just like washing your hands! White bar soap, while slightly harsher than modern detergent, is great vintage way to clean clothing items that are stained like gloves, or the dreaded ring around the collar.

I've always loved the more "vintage" look but for a variety of reasons felt I could not dress this way. I am (57) retired and I've decided to dress the way I want! I just won an online auction of well over 50 vintage handkerchiefs and at least 15 pairs of gloves!! Only 3 pair do not fit ( one pair leather opera gloves)so I will sell those online, but for $39 I think I hit the jackpot! Love, love, love your channel! You are very inspiring!!!

Thank you, once again very informative! If I may say about Dents gloves- yes they are expensive but you're buying a piece of history as they are one of Britains oldest fashion manufacturers- they were established in 1777. They have a Royal warrant and have been suppliers to the British royal family...and they're beautifully soft and well made gloves. Each pair is hand made. No, I don't work for them, just have a pair and love them :) so yes expensive, but I got mine as a Christmas gift...yay :)

Your blouse in this video is absolutely gorgeous!! and you look FABULOUS!! Very interesting information about gloves - THANK YOU!

I found five pairs of vintage gloves for a dollar a piece at a yardsale tonight and I had to find one of your videos to let you know. The ones that had labels were valued anywhere from $20 to $70!!! 😂💕

I also learned some glove etiquette from one of those “manners of Downton Abbey” shows. Very interesting. TFS

As usual, love everything here 😂 from the lilt in your speech to the dry humour... but definitely love the gloves!!! Please don’t ever be concise, everyone’s putting out 10min videos and I’m here like MOOOAAAR

This is so funny. I suddenly, after years of buying and wearing gloves, realised that my Dutch glove size his based on the American inches. Love your RU-vid channel. Greetings from the Netherlands

The yellow gloves are knit! Lovely example of the classic old pattern Old Shale aka Feather and Fan. One of my favorite stitch patterns! Thanks for this fun video. I love gloves and used to wear them a lot but I work with my hands so much these days and don’t get to do head to toe vintage as much any more so I’ve gotten out of the habit. But this inspires me to get mine back out soon!

Just found you and really enjoy your style! What I say to the questions and comments from people regarding my style....."The QUEEN is my fashion icon"....ha. I often wear a queenly silk head scarf and gloves....get comments all the time. "Why so formal? Um, what's with the scarf (jewelry, gloves, straw bag, bright lipstick.....blah, blah, blah)". I don't care what they say. I love clothes (and jewelry, gloves, straw bags, bright lipstick......) !!! Not all comments are bad. In fact, most women respond very nicely to my style and I get alot of compliments. I also hear often, "I could never dress like that". I always say "Why not?! Do what makes you happy!" I look forward to more collection videos from you! Really having fun watching....thanks!!!

I’m kind of late but so glad I found your channel as someone whos trying to dress more vintage AND I collect vintage gloves because I do painting videos while wearing unique gloves, so so happy I found another glove collector 🖤

Soooooo excited. I just got 13 pairs of vintage gloves for $52 Canadian. Seven of them are colored. Yeah. Thanks for the info. It helped when I was deciding to buy and wear gloves.

The famous, long-established glove makers in England ,Dents introduced an amazing quality opera-lengh satin glove in a thick, heavy stretch satin which I bought in purple and they are far superior to others I have found online, oh you just mentioned Dents!

Great video. I love wearing gloves and have a large collection, even though I don't dress "vintage". I'm a reseller and was lucky enough to find a pair of vintage Yves Saint Laurent black suede gloves with gold metal embellishments in mint unworn condition. They were purchased by a director at Dents for the Fashion Museum, Bath. It was hard to let them go as they were gorgeous, but I'm so thrilled that they are now part of an incredible collection of vintage fashion.

Regarding glove blockers, there are quite a few options on etsy, most wooden, as they're still used within the knitting community as knits look much better if properly blocked after washing. The yellow gloves you showed are definitely knit. One way to tell the difference between knit and crochet is that knit tends to be rather stretchy whereas crochet isn't very stretchy and more stable. Thank you for such a wonderful and informative video! 💜

Loved this! Thank you! Would appreciate a vid like this on vintage shoes/footwear. Personally I am an early to late 1940’s girl, but the early to mid 50’ have been catching my eye a lot lately. Any guidance you can provide is welcome.

i got a bunch of gloves from my great aunt that she wore in the late 70s early 80s, but i wasn't as exited with styling them since i didn't know how. But now i feel a lot more confident in styling them!

Love the navy shorties and the brown elbow length gloves. Also, the green and lime.

Great video. I have a collection of gloves that I inherited from my grandmother. You’ve inspired me to start wearing them more often.

I think one attracts less attention wearing vintage hats and gloves during the winter months. The only thing I like about winter is wearing both. My favorite pair is a black fitted gloves with large faux mink fur trim at the wrist. You're hilarious.

It’s been a long time since I even considered wearing gloves as part of an ensemble. I used to do it often when I was a teenager and first delving into vintage, but I just kind of forgot about them after that. I feel like gloves are a good way to make a mostly modern outfit look vintage as well!

Love, love, LOVE your glove etiquette & your right glove readings!

This was a GREAT video - extremely useful, and fun to hear the primary source content too. I concur with another commenter that a similar overview of hats would be interesting...those are both sort of "next level" vintage accessories that one may feel a bit more hesitant to incorporate into an everyday look, but that can be really fun and add a lot to an outfit.

Thank you for doing this! I have my grandmother’s glove collection but have never worn them because I felt costume-y in them. Think I’m going to revisit that idea after watching this :)

I love wearing leather gloves and have an interest in vintage accessories. May I ask if you have ever done a video on the subject of "what women had in their wardrobe closets in the 1940's" ? I am looking into the uniqueness of women who owned fewer clothes with vintage style but used them in both a practical and expressive, creative way with accessories such as gloves and hats. Please do let me know if you have made such a video or if you plan on making one in the future. Thank you.

I looove the crocheted style of gloves the most. So elegant and dainty despite me being a walking calamity! I have a pair of short stretch velvet leopard gloves I got at a flea market and I wear them to death during the holidays. Leopard print is a neutral as far as I’m concerned. On a side note, I ended up buying some sheer polka dot black gloves for my bridesmaids last year and oddly enough they were from a Danish goth brand called ReStyle. They had some very cute options!

This is such a helpful video! I’ve been collecting vintage gloves for a while, even before I started wearing vintage style but these were some nice extra tidbits to know! I’m too afraid to buy my gloves online though- I get them from antique shops so I can try them on first!!

THANK YOU for this video, glove information is sadly sparse, and I feel like there are not enough women wearing them everyday, even in the vintage-style world. Your example is very helpful for me!

The yellow gloves are knitted. The pattern is called feather and fan or Old Shale and is a traditional Shetland Islands pattern

You're fantastic. You answer every question I had not been able to answer. Thank you so much. Keep it up. You are a savior for like minded appreciaters of vintage.

The first blue gloves with a pearl bracelet would be so pretty. That was a fun video ☺️

Gloves make our hands look nice and protect them and feels great to wear!🥰

Great video! Those royal blue lycra gloves could be contemporary, as I have found them on amazon in that same matte stretch in a variety of lengths and colours. Check out Beau Gant gloves, a modern company that makes leather gloves in vintage styles and colours. The blue gloves you have would also look super cute with a contrasting trim added.

Great video, just a quick tip, washing gloves try white vinegar instead of detergents. It's not as harsh and it's a disinfectant.

I know some people hate or distrust shopping on Aliexpress, but if you didn't know yet: Aliexpress also has very legit, decent shops/boutiques on its platform. I even found out that all the gloves that US modern vintage brand "Unique Vintage" sells are from there. And as you might have guessed yourself: they are at least 3x as expensive there. I found gorgeous elbow length real leather gloves with buttons, a simple long set, and two other leather short ones in green and red, 2 lace ones - one will always get me compliments and now I can't find them anymore - and woollen gloves that look appropriate, especially with a vintage coat (though I also have leather and suede ones to go with them). I've also bought gloves that are obviously polyester/4 way stretch that probably weren't available in the 40s/50s, but they would fit my aesthetics and look. Just search Vintage gloves or the type glove you're looking for in Aliexpress and you can seek the better looking ones. The only thing that sometimes annoyed me were the smartphone screen index finger thingy in the glove. Which isn't exactly pretty. But they don't all have that. I mostly avoid these to be honest. You can get gloves as cheap as 4-5 euro and obviously closer to €20 or more if you're looking for elbow length leather gloves. But that might still be cheaper than the actual Vintage ones (for me at least, but that's because I still haven't found Dutch sellers and that means that besides the Etsy price I also pay Royal Mail shipping from the UK or worse, shipping from the US! So for me the difference is huge and therefore my love for vintage can be more easily surpassed by my love for paying rent 😏😂).

I just bought my first pair of vintage gloves and my first vintage hats. They all came from a local antique mall. My only other glove experience is from repro Victorian for Civil War reenacting.

Whoa!! Here the only vintage i can find at thrift stores consistently is vintage gloves! They are everywhere it seems!

Watched this today and really appreciate all the information. Thank you!

Great advice on buying gloves doll! I adore all of yours! Xx

Great vid, lovely to see your collection. "I swear and trip over things', jolly good :) I spent most evenings in the first half of the 1980's wearing long black satin gloves, with rings worn outside, the while chain smoking sobranie gold without removing the gloves. Shocking, I know. Gloves and sobranies both now things of the past. I have a few pairs of leather gloves for winter but I feel a touch too costumed in summer or evening gloves these days. Those pretty lemon yellow gloves are knitted, not crochet.

Ah...beautiful, beautiful gloves. If only, I could fit my long, long fingers into them! I even bought a vogue glove pattern once...hm. Wonder, where that went. Have you ever considered trying to make a pair? Love your top, btw. The fabric suits you perfectly!

Can you please do a video about hairscarfs and turbans? I love the look but have no idea how to fit my hair under the fabric 😅

A gal over on Nicole Rudolph channel mentioned you had a video on gloves ( that I hadn't seen) Enjoyed your chat. 👍🙂

I got a pair of beautiful long black evening gloves (definitely a synthetic fabric), but they fall down/slide down my arm after a while. Do you know of any tricks to make them stay up? ^^'

I have two pairs of vintage gloves that were my grandmothers and I never bought more because I couldn’t figure out how to figure out my size this was super useful

Live your best life. Is a great message that applies to all things!!

" For a black coat and VIOLENCE." I can't get that out of my head when hearing you read that.

Like you, I’m a size 7 3/4 glove. I’ve recently been wearing gloves to protect my hands from sun damage. It’s not easy to find cotton gloves to fit. Hats are another issue. Everyone in my family has giant heads so adorable hats never fit, and modern hats rarely come in various sizes. I end up with a man’s extra large for sun protection. I may have to take a page from your book and make my own hats! I don’t think I could make gloves, with their fiddly bits. ☺️

Thank you!!! Could not find many videos on this, going to the theatre tomorrow and was going to wear long gloves, but after watching this short is better with my dress and its just the ballet not like the opera or a! So short it is! I have both styles as my style is a bit old school so it's nice to see someone young also into similar style! Awesome just subscribed!!!

You should do a vintage swap with Rachel Maksy here on RU-vid!!

For some reason I didn’t know that method of measuring your hand to find your size. (You’d think it would be self explanatory) But when I was starting out with vintage I was at a vintage clothing store looking around and saw some cute leather-y grown short gloves, so I tried them on. And they got perfectly! To be fair I’m very small so my size is 6-1/2 or 7. But I was so shocked because modern gloves are always too big (unless they’re kids) But yeah I definitely got them because they were cute, they fit, and they were half off so they were only $6! 😊👌🏻💙

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I worked a estate sale recently and bought a lot of vintage jewelry and there was a item in the lot I'd never seen. It had it identified as a Glove Holder. Wow a rolled gold glove holder who'd of thought lol but I googled how it was used and watched your video here but unfortunately you don't mention the vintage glove holders used from the 1930's~1950's or how/why they were used....

I always feel more confident wearing gloves if I am also wearing a hat. Both feel a bit extra to the modern eye and some how feel more right if you're extra extra.

Oooh I forgot about gloves completely! Can't wait to buy some. I've looked before but I have such big hands that'll have to make them myself. Is that vintage appreciate? Great video. Very in depth ♥️

I loves all your gloves

Oh, my! I just bought quite a few pairs of gloves from an estate sale, and didn't even realize to think about the ettiquette!

quite an entertaining and informative video! thank you

Dear God! I don't want my hands to look like sausages in my gloves lol 😅. I do remember wishing that women still wore gloves in the 70s when I was a teenager, because they're so elegant and pretty 😉 Alas, I did not wear giddy little prints back then so....,🙄

Very interesting video! I’m curious how you manage day to day activities while wearing gloves: do they make the car steering wheel harder to grip? do grocery items slip out of your hand? is it difficult to handle bills and coins with gloved hands?

The yellow gloves are knitted. I'm betting someone else has already told you, but I didn't see it in a quick glance downwards. Lovely.

How did I end up here? I'm not into vintage (or clothes in general), but I am into leather gloves - scary google strikes again... Anyway, nice video. But you didn't cover the two things I am most interested in: how to care for vintage leather gloves, and long gloves with buttons. Vintage leather is a pain, and I've (temporarily?) given up on all my inherited gloves. They seem to shrink and dry out when not worn regularly. And cleaning them is impossible. Old household manuals talk about washing them in gasoline or mineral spirits, but I haven't seen good results from that. Are you - and everyone commenting - from warm climates? Here in Scandinavia there's loads of modern gloves for sale, and oodles of them are very neutrally styled and would definitely work with almost anything from the 20th century. I mostly only look at leather, but I see fabric too in many, many colours. But gloves are not cheap! Especially not well fitting high quality leather gloves. Anything under ~40ish bucks is a bargain. So I'm always glove-hunting. Those yellow gloves are knit, not crochet. Knitting gloves is a fiddly business. I admire my grandmother's patience in knitting herself patterned camelhair gloves every other year or so (and she wasn't even much for knitting in general). About cotton and washing: when washing cotton I find stretching/growing to be much more of a problem than shrinking.

The yellow gloves at 06:45 are knit, not crochet. There are certainly people in the knitting community today who could re-create such a glove. I love gloves and have a huge collection. The ones that belonged to my granny have hand-embroidered flowers or beading. Those that came from my Parisian friend's mother are thin and supple leathers dyed in unusual colors like peach or powder blue. Vintage jewelry doesn't usually fit under these slender numbers. What's a girl to do?

This is a great video. I have absolutely no glove game.... at all. I have large hands also, exactly 7 3/4, and I have long nails. Oh how I love my red nails. If they made gloves to accommodate them, I'd have them in every color. Any suggestions? You should do hats next. My weakness is berets.

I have a couple of pairs. A red and cream 50s polkadots pair are favourites, even though they are just a smidgen too small but I still wear them. I have small hands but some women back then had tiny hands going on the vintage ones I've tried on!

I wonder if it's considered a faux pas to dye vintage gloves, in principle or value, because I have been super tempted to just do it. I'm a 7 1/2 to 8 but have had little luck with finding pretty, colorful gloves in my size past the basics. I am CRAVING a pair in forest green or deep red but so far have found none :'( Oh, curse you fiendish, small-handed people of the past!!!

i love vintage jewellery could you please do a episode or vlog of jewellery

Really interesting. What dress/top are you wearing,it looks gorgeous.

Not sure if someone has already answered this (TLDR) but the yellow gloves are machine knitted. They are too fine and even in tension to be homemade which I think might put them slightly later than 30s.

Paris gloves still exist and they are still in Montreal which is pretty cool I think.

Thank you! Love love gloves

Congrats on 10k + subscribers Bi! Go you!!

Thank you for such good information

I always thought women wearing a pair of gloves were among the most attractive. I think a pair of short white dressy gloves would look cute and elegant, not just with vintage outfits, but with some modern outfits too. For example, I think, for a casual lunch at a cafe, a fully buttoned up women's short sleeve polo shirt tucked into a short white (or kakkhi colored) skirt and dressy flat sandals would look cute with a pair of wrist length white gloves. Those are my thoughts for what they are worth. What are your thoughts Bianca? Thanks for making this video. Have a good day.

Hello Bianca! I'm on a second watch-through as I just bought a pair of gauntlet-length dark brown kid skin gloves from the daughter of their owner. They're soft and beautiful and a larger size (success!), but do you have any advice specific to leather? Do they need to be cleaned specially, conditioned, stored in a particular way? I want them to last another 70 years. Thank you, and thanks for the lovely video!

Giddy little prints!

would you ever consider a video showing us how you do your make up and hair? i would love to watch that, your friend debbie in illinois

Where are the best stores to buy gloves and accessories from? For example Macy's? I love the practical and fashionable look of gloves and hats :)

I loves your channel where can I find dressy gloves vintage and hats.

Thank you Bianca, for this informative and fun video :) The only pair of vintage/"not just for winter" gloves I own are a pair of ivory Kayser nylon gloves which I randomly found in a German thrift shop and bought for 3 Euros - I guess that was my lucky day :D Though I have never worn them and I am a little self conscious about wearing vintage gloves in general, but I think I might start this spring/summer :) Of course, now I have to buy a couple more pairs, so off to etsy I go ;) Also I have to say that I LOVE your dress/top in this video, I couldn't find a picture of it on your insta, but maybe you'll grace us soon with a picture of your whole outfit :) As always lots of love from Germany! Angelika

Those are knitted. The lace is created by replacing stitches with yarn overs, which create the holes. 😊

Just found your channel, Im in love!!

The swoosh sound effect at 12:20 😂😂😂

Hiya! The blue 4 way stretch gloves are defo 80s, sold loads. They came in satin & more matte like yours in opera length as well. Have a close friend who’s selling her aunts vintage, loads of gloves, most never worn. But I’ve no idea on sizes. If I can find out details & they work for you I’ll let you know. Have a lovely week! Jet🧡🎸🎶⚡️🦇🦋

Blue Man Group. Love ‘em

What is your fav response to "-43 you in a play"? I have often wondered why they think you are in a play holding toilet tissue in line at the grocery? LOL

I have pairs of gloves that remind me of a stretchy suede. Can they still be washed in water?