Evening glove

As evening gloves ( or even opera gloves) are commonly long, sometimes referred to the upper arm and higher -reaching women's gloves that are worn for evening dresses, ball gowns and social dresses. Gebräuchliste fabrics for evening gloves are leather, satin or velvet.

History

In the 18th century rarely, women's gloves appeared only returned to the Directoire and Empire on. They were longer, the short-sleeved dresses were the ball. In the Biedermeier lady wearing ball gowns to short-sleeved white gloves that ended tip mentioned below the elbow in an " Schniepe ". Throughout the 19th century until well into the second half of the 20th century women's gloves were of different lengths fashionable accessories of the ball and evening attire ( long gloves were, for example, an important stylistic device in Christian Dior's New Look) and were also worn by other social occasions. Even today evening gloves are at particularly festive occasions (eg the Vienna Opera Ball) or by women who want to give their clothes an elegant touch, worn.

Trivia

Probably the most famous film scenes in which evening gloves were worn by Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946 ), Marilyn Monroe ( 1953) are preferred in blondes and Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's ( 1961).

Gallery

Evening Gown Biedermeier, 1820

Ball of the City of Vienna City Hall, 1900

Actress Rita Wilson

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Actress Kelly Rutherford

Actress Sophie Marceau

Actress Dana Delany