Handmade gloves,

since 1946

GLOVEMAKER BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT

We're proud to be family-owned for three generations. We put a lot into a pair of our gloves. Not least, 96 inches of stitching, each one executed with care and precision to make a glove fit to stand the test of time. One glovemaker fashions the glove from start to finish and - when it's done - they put their name to it. It's personal.

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Claudette unlined white leather gloves worn with a cream jacket in a summer garden

Summer, in White

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Discover our lightest gloves for the warmest days, hand-cut white leather and Swiss cotton, made in our Sussex atelier.

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Bride in an ivory ball gown wearing long white bridal opera gloves

For Your Day

Tulle, satin, silk and lace bridal gloves made to order and made to measure for the perfect.

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India | Tulle Glove with Keyhole & Bow

£165.00
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Jessica | Tulle Opera Glove

£395.00
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Emilie | Classic Leather Glove

£130.00
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Adeline | Leather Driving Glove

£125.00
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Desdemona | Silk Opera Glove

£225.00
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Vogue
ELLE
Grazia
Tatler
Harper's Bazaar
The New York Times
Town & Country
LOVE Magazine
W Magazine
Town & Country
Sheer white bridal opera glove monogrammed with gold initials, worn with a tulle wedding dress

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Make it yours. Personalise your glove with up to 8 characters.

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Cressida | Pure Cashmere Pashmina - Pastel Hues

Cressida | Pure Cashmere Pashmina - Pastel Hues

£150.00

Penelope | Short Satin Glove with Sidebow

Penelope | Short Satin Glove with Sidebow

£115.00

Melody | Satin Glove with Ballerina Tulle Cuff

Melody | Satin Glove with Ballerina Tulle Cuff

£270.00

Arabella | Bridal Tulle Opera Glove

Arabella | Bridal Tulle Opera Glove

£155.00

Our Founder

From Refugee to The Queen's Glovemaker

When Cornelia James arrived in England in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi occupied Vienna, she brought with her nothing but a suitcase and a steely determination to succeed.

In 1947 the couturier Norman Hartnell asked her to make gloves to accessorise the then Princess Elizabeth’s ‘going away’ outfit on the occasion of her marriage to Prince Phiip. In 1979 she became glovemaker ‘by appointment’ to Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth ll.

Three generations later, the family business is still making gloves by hand in Sussex, England. Experience is measured in years, but success is marked in moments made special by great gloves.

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PRESERVING THE TRADITION

Genevieve James continues her mother's legacy

Handmade occasion gloves, made to order and now at your door in days.

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