The age of chivalry
AUGUST 2023 Captured on this postcard is the era when kind behaviour, especially by men towards women was not unusual....
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JULY 2023 Not vagabond shoes but Pinkham Gloves in these 1955/6 adverts from the New Yorker Magazine. The mid 1950s was one of...
Rings and things and buttons and bows
JUNE 2023 ...well bows at least. This fabulous pair of Pinkham gloves in black Helanca with cream bows is surely the company’s manufacturing at...
The Coronation of King Charles III
MAY 6th 2023 “When all at once I saw a crowd with hands adorned in gloves, O that I were...
Fashion beyond gloves
MAY 2023 This Pinkham blouse made in the early 1960s turned up in a charity shop in Huddersfield and then laid in...
The lost glove – we’ve all done it
APRIL 2023 This delightful cartoon titled The Lost Glove from the February 1932 edition of Punch Magazine must resonate with many people. There's a...
Tatler talk
MARCH 2023 Recently discovered this advert from November 1956 sees Pinkham gloves, not for the first and not for the last time...
War effort
FEBRUARY 2023 Glamour was not in the designer’s brief for this pair of Pinkham gloves. They show just how diverse the company...
Quality that’s obvious
JANUARY 2023 Another year and another stunning pair of Pinkham gloves has been discovered by a great friend of the...
South Wales and Pinkham gloves at their best
DECEMBER 2022 This stunning pair of black Nylon Pinkham gloves came to the collection from the Gingells in South Wales. Anne and Loulou Gingell realised immediately...