How to choose your gloves? [The Complete Guide]

Knowing how to choose your gloves and give them to your outfit is often essential: they protect our hands from the cold while enhancing our outfit.

This is an accessory that can be essential: whether to face the cold or during an event (such as a wedding ), the gloves are your most faithful allies in many conditions ... But how to stay glamorous with gloves, and how to choose them, in keeping with his outfit? All our tips to see more clearly ...

The gloves: your allies for the winter

Winter is not necessarily the most glamorous season: the runny nose, the hair hidden under bonnets, the body engorged by layers of clothing, ... Not to mention the gloves! Sometimes unattractive and feminine, they are nevertheless an indispensable accessory for our hands, when the temperatures fall. Are there really gloves that can both be warm hands, be elegant and strum on the touch screen of his smartphone? Knowing how to choose your gloves is art ...

When the cold is not too bright, you can opt for mittens. Very practical, in winter as in summer, they will give you a student look with a small quirky side. Prefer mittens with a plain, dark color if possible. Your mittens will fit perfectly with a hat and a long woolen scarf. The tips of your fingers being in the open air, it is essential to have perfect nails, manicured or varnished. You will be very free to choose the material of your mittens: whether they are wool or more technical fabrics, anything is possible!

In winter, it is essential to slip in his handbag, a pair of gloves. Choosing the size of gloves is not random, yet few people know their size. For women, gloves size 5.5 to 9 are available, knowing that size 7 remains the most widespread.

The leather glove is a must-have that comes in all colors, just like the leather crust. Easier to maintain, the mesh glove is practical and keeps your hands warm with wool and/or acrylic.

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CLASSIC GLOVES

It is important to refer to the glove size guide. It should be known that the gloves must be adjusted. To find its size, it is necessary to take the measurement with a tape measure and measure the turn of the hand, at the level of the joints, between the phalanges and the metacarpus. Ideally, right-handers measure their right hand and left-handed, their left hand. The leading hand is often wider than the other.

If the mesh is an extensible material to the point that we find gloves in one size, the sheep leather must be worn in a second skin, but without tightening the joints. A glove that does not allow you to close your hand is definitely too small. If the glove is to the point that there is a phalanx too much, it is because it is too big. You can choose between 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5 and 9 in the size guide for women's gloves.

SINGLE SIZE MODELS

Convenient to drive, bike or phone with its touch screen, mittens allow to leave the fingers free and have gripping objects. The mitten usually covers the first phalanx. There are very feminine models with knots and/or rhinestones.

More for winter and even the mountain, knit mittens are perfect for the cold weather. Even if the model may seem regressive at first, the mittens can keep your hands warm. However, it is much less convenient to take objects in hand.

If you want a more vintage look, you can turn to leather gloves. Very retro, when paired with a beret or silk scarf, they will bring a glamorous touch to your outfit. What to look like a Hollywood star! Bright colors, worked cuts, decorations, punched leather ... Feel free to choose fancy leather gloves, bright colors (yellow, purple, pink, ...)!

Although very hot, the wool can quickly become wet, and lose all its thermal capacities. The acrylic mittens, they, retain much less easily water, but we advise against them: their heat retention is almost zero ...
The liners mittens can be a good solution: to keep warm in your mittens in wool gloves, prefer gloves with fur, fleece or fur.cashmere, or even natural fur.

You can also choose to wear simpler gloves, with separations between the fingers. Whether wool or less traditional materials, anything is possible! With these gloves, a lot of fantasy will be allowed: bright colors, pompons on the wrist, ... Feel free to try all color combinations! Be careful, however: sports gloves, in technical materials, are not always easy to match ...

Choose the size of gloves

It is not easy to find gloves at one's size: contrary to what one might think, it is not the length of the fingers that counts, but the width of the hand, from the underside of the thumb to the level of the fingers. joints of the palm! The most common size for women is 7.5. By choosing this site, you are unlikely to be fooled.

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Maintain his gloves

In winter, our gloves, like our bodies, are under severe stress. To keep their texture, shine, and initial shape, there are some tips to follow ... When your gloves look "tired", you can apply a little baby milk to the skin on the outside of the glove. That's how they will find their brilliance.

When your gloves have taken the water and are wet, the procedure is different: start by drying them, away from a heat source, keeping your gloves flat due to weight. This will have the effect of retightening their skin. You can then lay them flat, so that they regain their shape, then restore them to shine by rubbing them gently with the palm of the hand.