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Any suggestions where in London I can get a nice pair of brown leather gloves?

Normally I buy gloves from Pickett in the Burlington Arcade. You'll find various shades of brown in cape, mocha calf, chamois and hogskin leather. My favourites are the handstitched cashmere lined cape gloves.

Thanks, I am looking for a fine, soft pair without the heavy seams of the usual high street fayre......they sound like they will have just the thing.

Anyone have a good recommendation for something similar in NY?

venanzai on w56 st has very handsome hand made Italian gloves, expensive but worth it

Cantabrigian wrote:Anyone have a good recommendation for something similar in NY?

Top quality gloves are getting harder to find. In London, one used to visit Beale & Inman, but the firm is long gone. Lord's in the Burlington Arcade was also a reliable source--and they too have disappeared. As Whittaker suggests, Pickett is a good choice.

I haven't really explored New York City in a few years, Cantabrigian. However, you might try the website below (my bloody computer is misbehaving; simply cut and paste the address into your browser). This outfit is based in San Francisco, and they offer decent customer service by email and telephone to ensure that sizing concerns are properly handled. The Men's Dress section offers a table cut, hand-sewn Canadian-made glove that is quite elegant, if you don't mind a thicker skin. I have three pair of these unlined Raber gloves and they are very chic. (Leather Gloves Online also sells lined and unlined Italian gloves.) My now ancient English and French assortment is still in service, but the future ain't looking bright....


http://www.leatherglovesonline.com

I recommend Davide Cenci on Madiosn @68th, ask for Daneil Moore, only Made In Italy models

amphius wrote:Any suggestions where in London I can get a nice pair of brown leather gloves?

Pickett gloves are excellent. You may also see if New & Lingwood are currently carrying gloves. Also, Chester Jefferies make fine made-to-measure gloves through mail order. They are my favourites, for the same reason I don't expect a good fit on RTW suits.

In New York, Paul Stuart, Bergdorf, and H Herzfeld carry great gloves.

Gloves are one of my eternal complaints, because nobody offers those with a button any longer(absolutely essential for wearing them inside your cuff). I am sure Pickett could get some (they always find solutions where others only produce failure), but wearing them rather often makes that option somewhat too dear for me.

There used to be a large glovemaking industry in Pribram, some thirty miles outside Prague. Some remnants of it are still left, and they manufacture for most of the big global brands. I always promise myself to visit and arrange for a bespoke pattern, if at all possible.

Was it American Pastoral where Philip Roth chose a glovemaking backdrop to his story? I would be interested to know who helped him with the research.

TVD,

Chester Jefferies makes gloves with button enclosures. Their website is: http://www.desertstar.co.uk/chesterjefferies/index.htm

It leaves much to be desired, but email or call them for a catalogue and order form. There are about forty leathers and fifteen to twenty styles listed in the catalogue, and on request, they most likely can source other leathers and dig out old, more obscure glove patterns.

Also, Budd of Piccadilly may sell officer gloves with button enclosures; perhaps some of the military tailors of London do, too.

TVD wrote:. . . . Was it American Pastoral where Philip Roth chose a glovemaking backdrop to his story? I would be interested to know who helped him with the research.

Gloversville, New York, was named for its principal industry. I understand that at least two or three glovers still exist in the town, which, as it lies not too far from me, I have for a year and a half meant to visit; perhaps in the Spring (as I write, snow is falling to a depth of half a foot on winding country roads here, in the hills of northwestern Connecticut: I'm going nowhere!).

Boon of Antwerp.

Herzfeld carries Dent's of England, which I like very much.

Dent's does not do (some or all) of its own manufacturing. Different quality levels are available, I guess.

TVD wrote: Different quality levels are available, I guess.

The ones I have are hand-sewn, cashmere-lined, and made from leather that -- six years after purchase -- is more soft and supple than ever.