Comments on: A lady, all the way to her fingertips http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: La BellaDonna http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/comment-page-1/#comment-59001 La BellaDonna Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:12:56 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/#comment-59001 <b>Bacon's Mom</b> is one up on me; I am familiar with the term mousquetaire, but as used to describe a particular style of glove (long and wrinkled, oddly enough, rather than gauntleted), and not as a particular part of a glove. I love the long opera-length gloves, which are not so easy to find if you like them to actually fit your hands, and said hands are inconveniently long and narrow. New opera-length kid gloves will set the happy purchaser back some <b>$300.</b> I had a beautiful pair from my mother, and I wore them crossing the street one night when it started to rain. Alas, the rain raised blisters on my gloves! I can only assume that they were <i>not</i> "washable kid." Silk gloves are cheaper, so I suppose I should look into those ... Bacon’s Mom is one up on me; I am familiar with the term mousquetaire, but as used to describe a particular style of glove (long and wrinkled, oddly enough, rather than gauntleted), and not as a particular part of a glove.

I love the long opera-length gloves, which are not so easy to find if you like them to actually fit your hands, and said hands are inconveniently long and narrow. New opera-length kid gloves will set the happy purchaser back some $300. I had a beautiful pair from my mother, and I wore them crossing the street one night when it started to rain. Alas, the rain raised blisters on my gloves! I can only assume that they were not “washable kid.” Silk gloves are cheaper, so I suppose I should look into those …

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/comment-page-1/#comment-54052 Never teh Bride Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:37:33 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/#comment-54052 Wow, Bacon's Mom, I was SO not aware that the opening at the wrist had a name. And a cute name, at that. Fun fact number two scares the heck out of me...the lengths women go to to be considered beautiful is sometimes quite insane. I say go to rather than went to because even though hand cupping, foot binding, and such things are out of style, we've still got tanning salons and a wide variety of painful beauty treatments we can take advantage of, if we are so inclined. Wow, Bacon’s Mom, I was SO not aware that the opening at the wrist had a name. And a cute name, at that.

Fun fact number two scares the heck out of me…the lengths women go to to be considered beautiful is sometimes quite insane. I say go to rather than went to because even though hand cupping, foot binding, and such things are out of style, we’ve still got tanning salons and a wide variety of painful beauty treatments we can take advantage of, if we are so inclined.

]]> By: Bacon's Mom http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/comment-page-1/#comment-50247 Bacon's Mom Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:24:23 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/12/27/a-lady-all-the-way-to-her-fingertips/#comment-50247 Fun glove fact #1: The mousquetaire, or opening in the wrist of a long glove, like the one shown above, was put in so that women would not call undue attention to their "disrobing" in order to eat. It was thought by the Victorians to be in poor taste - and frankly, rather shocking - to be constantly putting on and taking off one's gloves. The mousquetaire allows for only the hand to be removed from the glove for dinner, with the fingers of the glove tucked out of sight on a lady's wrist. Fun glove fact #2: Women used to wear their gloves far too small in order that their hands should stay cupped, and look smaller and more feminine. There were special hooks involved in getting the gloves on and off if a lady chose this style of digital adornment. Fun glove fact #1: The mousquetaire, or opening in the wrist of a long glove, like the one shown above, was put in so that women would not call undue attention to their “disrobing” in order to eat. It was thought by the Victorians to be in poor taste – and frankly, rather shocking – to be constantly putting on and taking off one’s gloves. The mousquetaire allows for only the hand to be removed from the glove for dinner, with the fingers of the glove tucked out of sight on a lady’s wrist.

Fun glove fact #2: Women used to wear their gloves far too small in order that their hands should stay cupped, and look smaller and more feminine. There were special hooks involved in getting the gloves on and off if a lady chose this style of digital adornment.

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