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The Glovers' Annual Awards Lunch this year was hot in many ways! The weather might have been a steamy 30C but luckily the Plaisterers Livery Hall helped us keep our cool. The other hot items...
The glove bindings in the library at the Bar Convent in York, in the north of England, have fascinated me since I first came across them in 2020. This collection contains fifteen examples of bindings...
Assistant Yvette Fletcher is the Secretary to the Archaeological Leather Group and in January she attended a webinar presentation by Ken Stuart of Cornell University following which it was suggested...
Many of our Glove Trade Members have raised their concerns with us about the increasing difficulties of doing business with Government awarded contracts. One quoting that it took two people well over...
As the summer scent of roses gives way this year to the colours of autumn and the rather precocious sound of conkers falling to the ground from horse chestnut trees desiccated by the summer drought,...
An interesting and innovative fashion statement from Balenciaga - hopefully they produce a match for the other hand!
'Imagine a glove so sensitive it can detect the lightest touch, the slightest pressure, and even tiny shifts in friction. Now imagine that glove guiding a surgeon’s hand in the operating theatre....
This year (2025) Heritage Crafts https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/craft/glove-making/ listed glove making, particularly in leather, as a critically endangered craft. But despite this the...
Liveryman and Past Court Assistant David Bennett reflects on over forty years of Charity through Gloves and the astonishing numbers donated!
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