Without gloves made of genuine leather, it is difficult to imagine a full-fledged respectable ensemble. In addition, it is not only stylish, but practical: leather items perfectly protect your hands from bad weather. What are the features of the technology for making leather gloves?
The nuances of making glove leather
High-quality gloves can only be made from specially tanned leather: while maintaining strength, it must be soft, thin and smooth. The latter is very conditional - natural material cannot be completely smooth, and natural cracks cause uneven painting. This is how leather gloves differ from dermatin gloves. Or - natural, but of low quality: the front layer of such a thing is filled with a special composition that washes off after a month of wear.
Important! The difficulties of painting gloves make it almost impossible to match them exactly to your bag or boots. However, modern fashion does not require this - it is enough to follow a single color scheme.You can build an image using a combination of contrasting colors!
The material also requires increased elasticity (only in width - otherwise it will stretch in length, hanging from the fingers!) - the glove should grip the hand and not dangle like a bag.
The thinner the leather, the more expensive the item (except for deer leather - on the contrary, it should be thick). The delicacy of the material with a thickness of no more than 1 mm requires appropriate handling, and truly expensive gloves are cut and sewn entirely by hand. Machine production makes goods cheaper, but quality deteriorates. The material for sewing gloves is pre-dyed through and through, which is not done for other leather products that can withstand more harsh treatment.
Important! Manufacturers of modern materials perform real miracles in falsifying everything natural, and the imitation is sometimes difficult to distinguish from leather. A simple fitting will help you figure it out: real leather will quickly begin to heat up from the warmth of your hand, while artificial leather will remain cold.
What are gloves made of?
Leather is used as glove material:
- lambs;
- kids;
- deer;
- pigs;
- sheep;
- goats;
- fish
Lamb skin (its “donors” are cubs no older than a year) remains one of the most expensive - it is thinner than the skin of an adult sheep and, oddly enough, warmer. The most common option is deer - this material is durable, malleable and has excellent heat-retaining properties. Pig and goat skins are also popular.
Products made from the skins of fish (carp or the now rare grass carp) and geese remain exclusive. Special connoisseurs know that gloves can be made from reptiles and ostriches! The latter option, however, is often counterfeited from lamb skin, which itself is expensive.
Interesting! Connoisseurs of literature learned, thanks to Balzac's novel, that shagreen skin came from some special donkey, otherwise called an onager. However, now shagreen refers to any material that has been vegetable tanned. Most often it is a sheep or goat, although sharks and stingrays can also be found. Shagreen, which is rough and porous, is not suitable for gloves.
We select durable material for everyday wear
Everyday clothes come in different forms, including very expensive ones. Yet practicality remains its constant property, so the best leather products remain wear-resistant. Leather products look ideal:
- kid;
- wild animals - most often deer.
The properties of kid skin make it possible to sew functional, warm and not too expensive things from it. Deer leather will cost more, but will also look more solid. And not at the expense of comfort, warmth and durability!
Advice! By matching a classic black pair with several pairs of multi-colored gloves, you can create interesting ensembles based on them, adding bright accents.
What are kid gloves?
Yesenin’s lyrical hero, whose dark hand was grasped by a chic husky thing, puzzled many at school: why, they say, was a husky dog allowed on gloves? The assumption that the chic accessory is made from a dog is confirmed by Dahl’s dictionary, giving as one of the interpretations of the word “like” “soft-made dog skin.”
However, the history of leather production refutes this version: by husky we mean the skin of newborn kids and lambs prepared in a special way. In ancient times, wheat dough mixed with egg yolks, alum and salt was used for processing.First, this method was mastered in the Mediterranean, then European countries picked it up, and under Peter I they learned how to make husky in Russia.
Currently soft and thin material is obtained as a result of chrome (sometimes fat-chrome) tanning. A distinctive feature of this skin is no wrinkles. Ideal for gloves, sometimes used for sewing expensive shoes.
Advice! A gold bracelet worn over a thin glove tightly wrapped around the hand will help create an incredibly luxurious look.
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