1950's Fashion » Gloves http://www.challengefashion.com Retro Fashion - 1950's Fashion and more... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:02:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 1950s Women’s Gloves http://www.challengefashion.com/accessories/gloves/1950s-womens-gloves/ http://www.challengefashion.com/accessories/gloves/1950s-womens-gloves/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:52:39 +0000 admini http://www.challengefashion.com/?p=160 gloves2gloves3gloves
Gloves were the order of the day. They were worn everywhere in the 1950s and completed a woman’s grooming. Without gloves she was not properly accessorised. Clean gloves were also the hallmark of a lady and white or cream were the most favoured gloves.

Gloves worn in so many colours were usually made of cotton as this was more affordable than leather gloves or the newer nylon and they could be washed very easily. Even so many women owned a special pair of leather gloves. You can see from the picture right, why they were sometimes referred to as 1950s Gauntlet Gloves.

Dents and Pittards were popular glove names, but women could also make their own gloves using a McCall’s pattern such as this vintage pattern above from anothertimevintageapparel.

The formality of wearing gloves even continued into the sixties with interesting cut out peephole variations in the popular stretch nylon and designed almost like a golfing glove. By the 1970s gloves were more used functionally for keeping the hands warm than for any other reason.

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