Glove Me or Leave Me

Here at MPB Inc., we are very pro-glove.

I'm not talking about the kind you wear to keep your fingers warm, though I have nothing against those. I'm talking the kind women donned to complete an elegant ensemble, to look well-dressed, and -- I suppose this was the main reason -- to keep their hands soft (or perhaps to disguise hands that weren't so soft).

Gloves also kept your hands germ-free, as well as protecting others from your germs, am I right?

I think we know why these kinds of gloves fell out of fashion. Germ-avoidance aside, they weren't very practical, they weren't terribly functional, and they were just another thing to have to clean. Still, there's something about a well-dressed woman in gloves...

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As you may already know, I have a large stock of vintage gloves, picked up whenever I could find them large enough and cheap enough. Cathy sometimes tries them on since she owns none of her own; she considers them a symbol of female oppression. Still, she gleefully picked out some favorites today in anticipation of her upcoming rayon floral dress photo shoot.

Would red gloves with a red dress be too....red?

I think we're leaning toward cream, to match her shoes. Unless she wears blue shoes, that is. . . It's complicated!

Readers, do you still wear gloves on occasion -- and if so, which ones?

Whatever happened to gloves? Were acrylic nail tips the nail (no pun intended) in the coffin?

Have a great day, everybody!