Love Miscellany by Deborah A. Levine

Author:Deborah A. Levine [Levine, Deborah A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781628733075
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2012-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Now merely an oft misplaced cold-weather accessory, gloves were once a fundamental element of a proper gentleman or lady’s attire. Gloves were designed for specific occasions, and etiquette determined which gloves should be worn by whom, and when. Once wardrobe staples, by the mid-twentieth century, gloves had largely gone out of fashion, making appearances only at high-society functions and on the hands of style-making celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Madonna.

The glove has long been a symbol of love and courtship, however. Back in the time of royal kingdoms, a knight would ask his lady for her glove to keep beneath his helmet during battle, promising to protect it with his life. In the sixteenth century, if a man sent a woman gloves, it was considered a marriage proposal. If she wore them, it meant she’d accepted.

In the late 1700s, it became customary for a gentleman to give gloves to his sweetheart as a Valentine’s gift that she would later wear on Easter Sunday. Ladies eager to receive a pair let their Valentines know by reciting the verse:

“Good-morrowValentine, I go today;

To wear for you, what you must pay;

A pair of gloves next Easter Day.”

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