Gloves affair: elbow-length, fingerless, silk, tulle or leather — gloves are having a moment

Once reserved for formal occasions, opera gloves are currently appearing centre stage in fashion — from the pages of Vogue to the catwalks of Paris, from Instagram to TikTok, where, at the time of writing, #operagloves had clocked up some 423.9K views with content creators embracing the trend for the elbow-length gloves more typically spotted in period dramas

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Once reserved for formal occasions, opera gloves are currently appearing centre stage in fashion - from the pages of Vogue to the Met Gala, from the catwalks of Paris to TikTok, where, at the time of writing, #operagloves had clocked up some 423.9K views with content creators embracing the trend for the elbow-length gloves more typically spotted in period dramas like Bridgerton.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: 2022 Met Gala Co-Chair Blake Lively attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)