Missing Gloves

So I was thinking recently, what ever happened to gloves? Historically, they were such an integral fashion accessory, just like wrist-watches or handbags, but today, at least in the United States, they’ve kind of drifted into the background, right along with pocket watches and eyeglass chains. You hardly see them anymore—at least as an all around accessory. Now, of course, given the seasonal changes, we’ll see gloves for functional reasons, but what I’m talking about is bringing the fashion and status symbol back to gloves.

Starting around the eleventh century, gloves became a common fashion accessory for English nobility. Often, gloves were laced with gold and other fine materials and studded with jewels. Not to say that we have to reach back to the archaic way of doing things, but I’d love to see gloves become trendy once again in the U.S. There are other western countries where gloves are still a common accessory so why do we have to wait until weddings, theatre viewings, or funerals to don such a lovely, and yet, functional accessory. I say, it’s time to bring gloves back around again.