Remember when women used to wear gloves as a fashion statement? Tucked-in with my vintage hankies and linens, I still have my two pair of childhood Easter gloves from the mid to late 60s. I must have worn them as a preschooler and maybe through kindergarten because I am pretty certain that we have a professional portrait of me as a four-year old sporting my little white gloves! I know that by the time I was in first grade they were no longer worn, so that must have been right about the time that they lost popularity. Although we didn't wear gloves to church on a weekly basis, we did when we got especially dressed-up for Easter. I, personally, loved flouncy Easter dresses, curls in my long hair and my white gloves! This year I set those little gloves on our antique Bible table.
By the way, the table is not a family piece. Randy bought it for me at a local antique store when we built this house. The Bible, however, is a family piece from his side of the family.
Of the two pair, I always liked the lacey ones better!
You can't make it out too well, but the original packaging has a Penneys tag on it bearing the one dollar price!
It's interesting to think how trends and styles have changed so much over the years. Nearly 50 years ago we wore gloves to dress for special occasions and now people hardly even wear them for warmth in the winter!
How did you dress-up? Did you wear gloves and hats? If so, did you enjoy doing so?