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How to Choose a Leather Glove Colour: Black, Brown, Cognac or Something Bolder
How to choose a leather glove colour: black, brown, cognac or a bolder accent, matched to your coat, your shoes, the leather and the occasion. Read more...
Deerskin Gloves: Why Deerskin Makes Such a Good Glove, and How to Choose a Pair
Why deerskin is the most practical glove leather: softness, durability and fit, how it compares with lambskin and peccary, which lining to choose and how to care for it. Read more...
Opera Glove Etiquette: When to Wear Long Gloves and When to Take Them Off
Opera Glove Etiquette: When to Wear Long Gloves and When to Take Them Off
Opera glove etiquette in short: when long gloves stay on, when they come off, where rings go and how to put long leather gloves on without stretching them. Read more...
Fingerless Leather Gloves: Who They Suit and How to Choose
Fingerless Leather Gloves: Who They Suit and How to Choose
Fingerless leather gloves leave the fingertips free for grip and feel. Who they suit, which leather to choose and how a pair should fit. Read more...
Driving Gloves vs Normal Gloves: What Is the Difference?
Driving Gloves vs Normal Gloves: What Is the Difference?
Driving gloves vs normal gloves: thin, unlined and close-fitting for grip at the wheel, or lined with cashmere, rabbit fur or shearling for warmth. How they differ and which to... Read more...
How to Break In Leather Gloves (and What to Avoid)
How to Break In Leather Gloves (and What to Avoid)
Wear them, ease each finger in, keep them from heat: what stretches in new leather gloves, what never will, and which leathers need no break-in. Read more...
Men's vs Women's Glove Sizes: What Is the Difference?
Men's vs Women's Glove Sizes: What Is the Difference?
Men's and women's leather gloves are measured the same way, around the knuckles with the thumb excluded, and the same measurement gives the same size number. What differs is the... Read more...
Private Label Leather Gloves: How to Make Gloves Under Your Own Brand
Private Label Leather Gloves: How to Make Gloves Under Your Own Brand
NM Gloves makes leather gloves for other brands in Târgu Mureș, Transylvania, with branding possible. Here is what you can specify and how a private label project starts. Read more...
Bespoke vs Ready-to-Wear Gloves: What Is the Difference?
Bespoke vs Ready-to-Wear Gloves: What Is the Difference?
Bespoke gloves are made to your own measurement; ready-to-wear gloves come in standard sizes. Here is how they differ in fit, options, timing and returns. Read more...
Carpincho vs Peccary Gloves: What Is the Difference?
Carpincho vs Peccary Gloves: What Is the Difference?
Carpincho (capybara) and peccary are two of the finest glove leathers. How the grain, feel and cold-weather behaviour differ, and which to choose. Read more...
Men's Winter Gloves That Still Work at the Wheel
Men's Winter Gloves That Still Work at the Wheel
How to choose men's winter gloves you can drive in: fit, lining, closure and leather. Read more...
How to Choose Leather Winter Gloves: Leather, Lining and Fit
How to Choose Leather Winter Gloves: Leather, Lining and Fit
Shearling, peccary, deerskin or lambskin? Which leather and lining keeps your hands warm, and how to get the fit right. Made in Transylvania. Read more...
Driving Gloves for Classic Cars: What to Look For
Driving Gloves for Classic Cars: What to Look For
What to look for in a driving glove for a classic car: unlined deerskin, a crochet or perforated back, close fit, and the colours that suit an older interior. Read more...
Women's driving gloves: how to find your size
Women's driving gloves: how to find your size
How to measure your hand and choose a women's driving glove size. Read more...
How long does a made-to-measure pair of gloves take?
How long does a made-to-measure pair of gloves take?
The timeline of a bespoke pair, from your measurements to your door. Read more...
Leather gloves as a gift: how to choose
Leather gloves as a gift: how to choose
How to choose leather gloves as a gift: leather, size, delivery and returns. Read more...
Cutting deerskin with glove shears
The Last Glove Makers of Târgu Mureș
Gloves have been made in Târgu Mureș since 1925. NM Gloves works today with more than thirty experienced glove makers there — this is their story, and how we work... Read more...
How bespoke leather gloves are made: from your measurement to your door
How bespoke leather gloves are made: from your measurement to your door
How we make bespoke leather gloves to your own measurements in Târgu Mureș, Transylvania: how to order, how to measure, what you can choose and how long it takes. Read more...
Lambskin vs Deerskin Gloves for Winter: Which Should You Choose?
Lambskin vs Deerskin Gloves for Winter: Which Should You Choose?
Deerskin or lambskin for a winter glove? How the two leathers differ in feel, wear and fit, which lining suits each, and how to choose. Read more...
Peccary vs Deerskin Driving Gloves: Which Should You Choose?
Peccary vs Deerskin Driving Gloves: Which Should You Choose?
Peccary is softer and rarer; deerskin is nearly as soft and more hard-wearing, at a lower price. A quick comparison to help you choose your next pair of driving gloves. Read more...
The Warmest Leather Gloves: Cashmere, Rabbit Fur or Shearling?
The Warmest Leather Gloves: Cashmere, Rabbit Fur or Shearling?
Shearling is the warmest, then rabbit fur, then cashmere. What each lining does, which one you can drive in, and how to size a lined glove. Read more...
Above the elbow long black leather opera gloves worn by a young woman, showing the 40-42 cm length
Glove Lengths Explained: Short, Semi-Long and Opera
Glove length is measured from the base of the thumb, not the wrist. Semi-long runs 16–20 cm or 28–30 cm; opera 40–42 cm reaches high on the upper arm. What... Read more...
How to Care for Leather Gloves So They Last for Decades
How to Care for Leather Gloves So They Last for Decades
Quick answer: keep leather gloves away from heat. If they get wet, blot them, reshape them on your hands and let them dry flat at room temperature. Clean them with... Read more...
Why Do Driving Gloves Have a Crochet Back?
Why Do Driving Gloves Have a Crochet Back?
The crochet back, the knuckle holes and the short cuff are not styling. Each one solves a problem that appeared the moment people started driving cars with the roof down.... Read more...
Deerskin, Lambskin, Peccary or Carpincho? Glove Leathers Compared
Deerskin, Lambskin, Peccary or Carpincho? Glove Leathers Compared
Five leathers, five different jobs. A workshop that cuts all of them compares softness, warmth, durability and cost — and says plainly which one to choose for driving, for winter,... Read more...
Measuring a hand for glove size with a tape around the knuckles, excluding the thumb
How to Measure Your Hand for Gloves
Hold your hand half-bent and measure around your knuckles, excluding the thumb, then match the centimetres to your size. Full women's and men's charts, what to do if you fall... Read more...
What Is Peccary Leather? The Rarest Glove Leather, Explained
What Is Peccary Leather? The Rarest Glove Leather, Explained
Peccary is the rarest leather in fine glove-making — and it is not pig, boar or hog. Our workshop in Târgu Mureș explains the three-follicle grain, why it costs what... Read more...
Deerskin crochet driving gloves, handmade by NM Gloves
How Our Driving Gloves Are Made in Târgu Mureș
How our driving gloves are made in Târgu Mureș: the close cut, the three leathers we use, hand-sewing on request and pairs made to your measurements. Read more...
Camel deerskin driving gloves, handmade by NM Gloves
The Ultimate Guide to Driving Gloves: Style, Comfort and Functionality
The Ultimate Guide to Driving Gloves all questions answered. Read more...