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Blouse

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

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...

The Tatler 28 11 1956

Tatler talk

MARCH 2023 Recently discovered this advert from November 1956 sees Pinkham gloves, not for the first and not for the last time...

WW2 sniper's glove

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...

Nylon

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...

Gold pack 3

Pack up your troubles……

OCTOBER 2022 Not so much Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag but Pack up your Sunday best gloves in this wonderful...

QE2

A Velvet hand in a velvet glove

8th SEPTEMBER 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll 1926 - 2022 Long live the King

Air Hostess pic

The Hostess with the mostess

AUGUST 2022 These stunning Pinkham gloves from the 1960s were found at the McCord Museum. 690, Sherbrooke Street West,  Montreal...

July 2022 webbed gloves

In the swim of things

JULY 2022 Nothing new in webbed swimming gloves and these go back to the days of Flapper Girls. Also used...