A reader asked me recently what happened to these gloves. I mentioned in the first post on their maker, Warsaw artisan Czeslaw Jamrozinski, that they take around two weeks to make. He wasn't late, but I was: a queue of posts kept on pushing this back.
So here they are, unlined calf leather gloves made bespoke in Czeslaw's Warsaw workshop, commissioned two months ago during a visit there. The fit is very good, as I hope the pictures illustrate, as is the make. I've always had a hard time finding gloves that fit, so I was always likely to be happy with the result. But then I've also had two other pairs made bespoke and the fit was far worse than this.
I shouldn't have had such a long gauntlet (the wrist section). I thought this would make them stay on the hand better, but in fact the opposite is true - this wants to slide up the hand whenever it can, creating a little looseness in the palm.
The fit is also not perfect. I would add a millimetre or two to the length of the index finger and the thumb. But that's all. And when you're having something made that fits so closely - rather like a waistcoat - you tend to focus on these tiny imperfections.
Overall, a very impressive fit and an extremely good value at about £30. You just need to get to Warsaw to be measured.
Original post with details of Czeslaw Jamrozinski here.
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something a bit creepy about the gloves simon .. maybe because there are no hands in them .. those long spindly fingers and elongated hand .. maybe you could rent for horror movies or something & recover price paid.
ReplyDeleteUmm.. My hands are in them!
DeleteLOL! I think this tells a lot about how good the fit is.
DeleteMillimeter-ish imperfections notwithstanding, they appear to fit like a second skin. Look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWith that snug fit, are they hard to take off?
Kurt N
Nope, pretty easy
DeleteI have a pair of Dent gloves based on a previous article of yours. I like these very much too. I also like the watch in the last pic too - whose is it?
ReplyDeleteMaybe a watch-style-related post would be good?!
It's my IWC Portuguese.
DeleteSure, I'll do a post on watches at some point
To me these look abit to much like ladies' gloves. I think that is because they are lacking the traditional 3 "stripes" (I am unsure what one calls the three seams that most men's gloves have), why did you choose to leave these out?
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They're called points; women's gloves have them too. I didn't include them precisely because most gloves do have them, and I wanted mine to be simple and pure, without any needless decoration.
DeleteThey are largely just aesthetic, and intended to make the hand appear longer. Which is not a problem I have.
The gloves look great , why do you choose unlined over a lining , obviously not as warm but is the fit completely different or do they wear in differently? Do they look much bet without a lining ?
ReplyDeleteThey will always be tighter without a lining, and sleeker. It's a question of personal taste really. But also I have lined ones and unlined are a little more versatile - it's rare in England that you need lined really
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