Men's glove sizes

When purchasing gloves in a store, you always have the opportunity to try them on. If you don’t know your size, the consultant will suggest choosing a model from several available. But if you decide to make a purchase on an online site, then you need to indicate the size accurately. Otherwise, the couple will either lie idle at home, or will have to look for a friend with the same hand number and give him a gift. How do you know what size you need?

Subtleties of choosing a size

Adult men's clothing and accessories are usually characterized by simplicity, simplicity and excellent fit. The same applies to gloves, which complement the stylish look. The history of the accessory goes back centuries: they used to signify the high position of their owner, and with a thrown glove they would challenge an opponent to a duel. Now it’s just a warming accessory or the necessary professional protection for your hands.

When choosing gloves, remember that Excessive tightness of the arm is fraught with loss of warmth and comfort. In tight spaces, your fingers will be cold, uncomfortable, and the seams may tear.If an accessory is purchased with a reserve, then the surface of the skin may wrinkle and gather in folds, and the overall appearance will be spoiled.

When purchasing an accessory for winter wear, pay special attention to how gloves are put on. If this happens with force, pulling on the hand, and after squeezing the hand, the skin or other material is stretched, then you should turn away from this pair and look for another, slightly larger size.

Important! When purchasing a leather accessory, carefully inspect all the seams, which should be made with uniform needle punctures without gaps or curvature. Pay special attention to the method of attaching the lining: in high-quality products it is sewn, but not glued.

Determining the size of men's gloves

To do this, you need to prepare a measuring tape for sewing or thread and a ruler. The accuracy of the measurement affects the correct determination of the accessory number.

How to take measurements?

The size is determined by the number indicating the circumference of the palm at its widest point, excluding the thumb. The algorithm of actions is as follows:

• bend the thumb up;
• wrap a measuring tape around your palm;
• bend your hand a little and remember the number near which the edge marked 1 cm meets the main part of the tape;
• in the case of a thread, we bend it around the palm, fix the edges with the fingers of the other hand, and measure the resulting segment using a ruler.

Important! Measurements should be made on a wider hand: for a left-handed person it is the left hand, for a right-handed person it is the right hand.

Marking meanings

There are two marking systems defined for gloves: European and American. When determining the size accepted in European countries and CIS countries, you need to divide the resulting measurement of the palm in cm by the numerical value of the French inch (1 inch = 2.71 cm).In American markings, which the UK also takes into account, the English inch is taken as a basis - 2.54 cm.

Sizing example

If the measurement results in a figure of 25 cm, then in our country you need to select the following size: 25/2.71 = 9.22. There is no such number in the marking, so we will round it up to 9, taking into account the laws of mathematics. This means that we need Russian size 9.

In the USA, you need to purchase the following number for such a hand: 25/2.54 = 9.8. Accordingly, 10. But in the American (international) system there is no digital marking; there the sizes are indicated in letters. Let's look at this in more detail.

Size chart for men's gloves

The European marking of gloves is based on a digital system, while the American one is based on a letter system. Below is a table with a size grid, in which the numbers indicate the required Russian number, and in Latin letters the international number, accepted in the USA and England.

The letter size range is familiar to us from clothing labeling and reads as follows:

• XS – very small;
• S – small;
• M – medium;
• L – large;
• XL – extra large.

The presence of the letter X in the marking means that the product is reduced (in the case of S) or increased (in the case of L) by one size. 2XL, 3XL, 4XL and more - these are all options for increasing accessory numbers. The most convenient can be considered a digital system, which helps determine the size for an accurate and comfortable fit on the hand.

However If you decide to make a purchase on a Chinese online site, then it would be a good idea to contact the seller, indicating his palm circumference. Sometimes, to determine the desired model, it is necessary to measure the length of the hand, middle and thumb.The hand is measured from the bend to the tip of the middle finger, the length of the fingers is from the lower groove formed by the folded palm to the tip.

Differences in sizing for gloves made from different materials

Not all gloves require precise precision. Sometimes you can purchase a pair with measurement errors. This is allowed for knitted and other stretch materials.

Manufacturers of warm woolen mittens and gloves can use their own measurement system, where the error is 0.5 - 1 cm. To purchase a knitted accessory in absentia, you only need to know the size of your palm circumference. Usually such things are purchased for country trips, skiing or sports, when it is important to keep your hands warm. A loose fit will provide an air layer that will work to maintain the temperature balance inside the accessory.

Leather products, although they can stretch, must be purchased taking into account the following parameters:

• size;
• origin of the material.

Goatskin has virtually no stretch, so you need to buy gloves with an exact number selection. Lambskin will stretch one size very quickly, so this fact must be taken into account when choosing a model. Gloves made from pieces of leather may have a different composition of raw materials. In operation, they behave unpredictably, stretching out in different areas, so purchasing an accessory of this kind is not recommended due to the low quality of the product and the rapid loss of its original shape.

If you need to select accessory with a fur lining, you need to order a size increasing by a quarter of the number. For example, your palm size is 9.3 inches.This size does not exist, so the gloves should conventionally correspond to number 9. If the lining is fur, then by adding a quarter of the number and further rounding it is determined that the required size in this case is 10.

Sometimes men find it difficult to choose because they are not familiar with the correct way to try them on. If this is actually the case, check out the order of actions:

• fold the cuff and carefully pull the gloves over 4 fingers;
• insert your thumb and turn the edge back into place;
• with the other hand, correct everything;
• if there are folds or it is difficult to bend the arm, then you need to ask for a model number larger;
• if the product fits too loosely, try on a smaller size;
• Remove by carefully pulling off each finger, but not all of them together.

How is men's size different from women's?

Women's gloves are sewn with the same markings - S, M, L, XL, as men's. But their sizes do not match each other. It’s hard to believe, but the men’s size M is intended for a hand with a palm circumference of 25 cm, and the women’s number M is a hand with a volume of 20 cm. Other sizes of the international letter system have the same differences: S for men - 23 cm, for women – 19 cm, L – male volume 26 cm, female – 22 cm.

The paradox is that the differences relate only to the letter system, measurements in French inches by size The numbers are the same for both men and women and represent the same number.