What are half gloves?

"Half Gloves" is a term used to describe a pair of gloves that can fit around the hand, but stop only briefly from your fingers or a few gloves that fit over your fingers and stop in front of the wrist - also referred to as "picking gloves". Half gloves are primarily worn as a fashion statement, unlike gloves without fingers. Finger -less gloves can be worn as a functional glove with a connected "hood" or as a fashion statement, such as those that have popularized Madonna in the mid -80's. Celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Gwen Stefani and Demi Lovato were seen half gloves in different colors, styles and fabrics. Half gloves of mesh or "fishnet" in the range of neon colors have become particularly popular for years thanks to their retro 80.

Half Gloves began to appear on European landing paths in 2006 and soon caught up in Hollywood as trendy fashion accessories. Half -glove position has also been popularized by an episode of sex and city , in which the character is Sarah Jessica Parker, Carrie Bradshaw, when talking on a paid phone wearing half gloves. Since this episode caused such an interest in accessories, the costume designer Patricia Field began to offer a number of half gloves that sold for $ 48.

Half Gloves can be created at home from pairs of ordinary gloves, either fingers or lower wrists of gloves and edging edges. Long half gloves that are without fingers and usually reach to the elbow can also be made at home from a shirt or a long -sleeved sweater. Half of the gloves that cover their fingers and stop only shortly from the wrist, are most often made of genuine leather and usually come in different tones of jewels and black and white. Half gloves that reach the elbow are most often made of cotton or wool, usually with a striped.