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Do You Know How To Wear Long Evening Gloves? We’ve Got You Covered
There’s one thing that we’ve never needed to search for on Google: ‘how to wear long gloves?’ The reason for that is quite simple – we’re already experts in the art of wearing opera gloves. From th...

A letter to Genevieve...
This is a letter written to Genevieve James about her mother Cornelia that we received recently from a lady called Dora Brown. Dora used to work as a seamstress for Cornelia James in the 1940s. Thi...

Bridal Features
How To Choose Your Bridal Gloves
The Wedding Glove: where do we even begin? We know how much you have to consider on a day as special as this, which is why we’ve established a guide on how pick the perfect gloves for your perfect ...

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Gloves Are About To Be Your Greatest Party Accessory For 2022
From classic cocktail and opera gloves to velvet, lace and leather evening gloves, there’s only one way to toast to your favourite night of the week – and no, it’s not with your signature frozen ma...

Why Do People Wear Evening Gloves? A Brief History…
At Cornelia James, we know evening gloves. In fact, we love evening gloves. Long ones, satin ones, lace ones, everything in-between ones. But where does our love actually come from?

Our guide to Bridgerton Gloves
Set in London’s Mayfair during the year 1813, Bridgerton is mainly told from the perspective of Daphne Bridgerton as she navigates her unorthodox relationship with ‘suitor’ Duke Simon Basset during...

Gloves and rings - let bygones be bygones
To ring, or not to ring? It shouldn’t be a question.
But we get it. When two accessories have been pitched against each other for such a long time, it’s difficult to break tradition. That doesn’t ...

Notebook - How to Nail It... Lace Mittens | The Key Party Look
Did you think lace mittens could only be truly embraced by the fiercest of rock chicks? Think again...

Video
The Glovemaker's art
There are 96 inches of sewing in a pair of gloves. The aim is to make every stitch absolutely perfect. This is how we go about it.