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When did women stop wearing gloves as part of everyday attire?

Did the 60's put a stop to it?

Long gloves- up to their elbows sometime- right?

I remember wearing long gloves to a formal dance in Nursing School in 1966 or 67. Don't think I wore short gloves, except for the cold weather, much past the late 50s. But I think dressier occasions called for them, for adults, into the mid 60s. Now Queen Elizabeth..................................

I wear gloves when it's very cold outside.

I can never remember them being every day attire. Sunday to church, yes. Maybe the more sophisticated women (like the women who went to tea parties) wore them every day.

BigTex wrote:When did women stop wearing gloves as part of everyday attire?

Did the 60's put a stop to it?

For dress attire I would say early 60s; for Strippers they hung on for a few more years

Red Oak wrote:For dress attire I would say early 60s; for Strippers they hung on for a few more years

Are there strippers any more? Don't they pretty much start out naked, except for stupidly high heels and hang off poles?

The "requirement" to wear them for dressy events died sometime between 1963 and 1967.

I specifically remember my freshman year in college (63) that they were part of my attire.
Here is a joke for you........For a college football game that fall, I wore heels, hose, a wool suit and carried gloves because I also wore a hat.
BAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I can't believe we dressed that way.

I don't know when the "gloves with hat" ended, but I don't remember wearing a hat to church in '67.

LibraryLady wrote:The "requirement" to wear them for dressy events died sometime between 1963 and 1967.

I specifically remember my freshman year in college (63) that they were part of my attire.
Here is a joke for you........For a college football game that fall, I wore heels, hose, a wool suit and carried gloves because I also wore a hat.
BAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I can't believe we dressed that way.

I don't know when the "gloves with hat" ended, but I don't remember wearing a hat to church in '67.

Heels at a football game. Yeah, in retrospect it's pretty stupid.
I remember dressing up to go downtown and to the doctor's office. So glad those days are loooooooooooong gone.

Can't say I remember women wearing gloves..maybe a southern thing.

We didn't wear short gloves to church but to a wedding, yes. To a formal, definitely long gloves. But now most of what used to be formal is now semi-formal, so no gloves. Somewhere along the way, the semi-formal meant the men could wear suits and the women could wear long formal dresses or "cocktail" dresses. I'm not sure when it changed but most of the women wanted to wear cocktail or dressy short dresses that could be worn for other events or even church. I'm glad we "evolved".

GFB wrote:Can't say I remember women wearing gloves..maybe a southern thing.

Nah, check out movies from the early 60s and back. Lots of pairs of gloves both short and long.

One of the things I love about California..there is no reason to even own a suit or tie.

I remember when people used to dress up to fly.
I still see older people do it.

GFB wrote:One of the things I love about California..there is no reason to even own a suit or tie.

I live in Texas and don't own a suit or tie either. Nor do I own a dress, skirt, heels, slip, or any other uncomfortable clothes. Yep, I'm a slob and proud of it.

millergrovesue wrote:

GFB wrote:One of the things I love about California..there is no reason to even own a suit or tie.

I live in Texas and don't own a suit or tie either. Nor do I own a dress, skirt, heels, slip, or any other uncomfortable clothes. Yep, I'm a slob and proud of it.

People dress nicely here. I think I do, too. It's just that when we have to "dress up" there is no time I ever have to wear a suit and tie.

Can you imagine going to a Rangers game in a coat and tie and a snap brim hat?

GFB wrote:

millergrovesue wrote:

GFB wrote:One of the things I love about California..there is no reason to even own a suit or tie.

I live in Texas and don't own a suit or tie either. Nor do I own a dress, skirt, heels, slip, or any other uncomfortable clothes. Yep, I'm a slob and proud of it.

People dress nicely here. I think I do, too. It's just that when we have to "dress up" there is no time I ever have to wear a suit and tie.

What do you wear to funerals?

BillB wrote:

GFB wrote:

millergrovesue wrote:
I live in Texas and don't own a suit or tie either. Nor do I own a dress, skirt, heels, slip, or any other uncomfortable clothes. Yep, I'm a slob and proud of it.

People dress nicely here. I think I do, too. It's just that when we have to "dress up" there is no time I ever have to wear a suit and tie.

What do you wear to funerals?

I've only been to one in the 35 years I have lived in California..about a year ago.

People dressed nicely..dress shirts with slacks..but no suits or ties.

GFB wrote:
People dressed nicely..dress shirts with slacks..but no suits or ties.

Do the pallbearers also not wear suits and ties?