I had a pair of GORGEOUS driving gloves - a muted pink crochet with white leather, a cropped version - that I bought from Patricia Field (when she was still in SoHo) my sophomore year. I wore these on one of the first dates my love and I had, and I remember they didn’t go with my outfit at all, and I kept spilling my mojito on them - but I had to wear them. Then, when I was studying in Rome - I don’t know when or where it happened, but I lost them and I forever hate myself for it. That’s the thing about gloves - so easy to lose yet so (painfully) worth wearing and running the risk. While mourning the loss of my gloves - my mom visited and bought me a pair from Ponte Vecchio in Florence - cream leather with a lace/crochet flower detailing on them - I’m pretty sure these are of the bridal kind but WHATEV.

Since driving gloves aren’t very warm, and don’t really serve a purpose as I don’t know anyone who drives a convertible - you may as well be economical and buy a pair that you can easily replace if you do lose them. Because really - It’s purely fashion, not necessity.

In past tense, I loved wearing my gloves on a weekend spent shopping or laying around in the park, or my dearly missed Central Park rowboats. It may be getting too cold for them in the Northeast right now, but I would always pull them out whenever a temperate day hit, or when I knew I wasn’t going to be outside for that long (i.e. cab). Now that I have beautiful Austin winters, however, I may have to invest in a few pairs (colored leather is such eye candy) - since I definitely won’t be needing any Thinsulate.

Nordstrom $38.90

Patricia Field $48

Debenham’s $30

Image taken from Marass Photography @ Flickr