A Guide to Choosing Men's Gloves for a Classy Outfit

A man's classic elegance should be complemented by refined and well-matched accessories. In the winter season, the discussion on this topic significantly intensifies. Today, we focus on men's gloves. See how to choose the right style and material for men's gloves.

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In an elegant outfit, accessories should not dominate the outfit, but subtly complement it and be the proverbial "cherry on top". The occasion that led you to put together an elegant outfit should primarily decide which gloves to choose.

If you are heading to a business meeting during the day, remember to match your gloves to the coat or jacket you are wearing over your suit. You have at least three different materials from which the gloves can be made: wool, tweed and timeless leather. Make sure that the material they are made of is always of the highest quality.

The safest solution when putting together an outfit in a smart business style are leather gloves - both those with slightly shiny leather and those with suede or nubuck. The basic rule for choosing gloves, however, is that they should match both in color and material with your shoes and belt.

Evening time

If you're heading for an evening ball, a theater performance or a sophisticated dinner with your loved one, opt for simplicity. Avoid gloves with excessive decoration, additional color motifs or avant-garde cutouts.

The only case in which wearing cut-out gloves for driving gets away with it is... pairing them with a 1963 Rolls Royce or other vintage car.

Size matters

Gloves should primarily fit a man's hand perfectly. There is nothing less elegant than a too large, loosely hanging on the fingers men's glove.

Gloves should perfectly encircle a man's hand so that performing manual activities does not take a caricatured form. If you want to check what size gloves you need, just measure the circumference of your hand below the line of your fingers, excluding your thumb. Glove sizes are usually given in inches - so a men's 10 will fit a hand with a circumference of 25-27 cm.

In white gloves

There is still one type of glove that elegant and charming men can wear regardless of the season. We are talking about lounge white or gray gloves worn with a tuxedo or tailcoat.

However, this outfit is very rarely worn nowadays and is adapted to the most rigorous requirements of the black tie style. And remember - you can only appear in white gloves after dark!