Half gloves, also known as scoop gloves, are a fashion accessory that fit close around the hand but stop near the fingers or wrist. They became popular in Hollywood after appearing on European runways in 2006 and were popularized in an episode of Sex and The City. Fingerless gloves are also popular and can be functional or a fashion statement. Both types of gloves can be made at home.
“Half gloves” is a term used to describe a pair of gloves that fit close around the hand, but stop near the fingers, or a pair of gloves that fit over the fingers and stop near the wrist, Also known as ‘scoop gloves’. Half gloves are primarily worn as a fashion statement, as opposed to fingerless gloves. Fingerless gloves can be worn both as functional gloves with an attached “hood” or as a fashion statement, such as those popularized by Madonna in the mid-’80s. Celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Gwen Stefani, and Demi Lovato have been seen wearing stockings in various colors, styles, and fabrics. Fishnet gloves or “fishnets” in a variety of neon colors have become especially popular in punk music fashion, due to their retro ’80s style.
Half gloves began appearing on the European runways in 2006, and soon became a fashion accessory in Hollywood. The half-glove look was also popularized in an episode of Sex and The City, in which Sarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw is shown wearing a half-glove as she talks on the pay phone. Because this episode sparked so much interest in the accessory, the show’s costume designer, Patricia Field, began offering a line of stockings that sold for $48 US.
Half gloves can be made at home from a pair of regular gloves by cutting off the fingers or bottom of the wrist of the glove and folding up the edges. Long, fingerless half gloves that usually reach to the elbow can also be made at home with a long-sleeved shirt or sweater. Half-length gloves that cover the fingers and stop just below the wrist are often made of genuine leather, and usually come in various jewel tones, as well as black and white. Half gloves that extend to the elbow are often made of cotton or wool, usually with a striped pattern.
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