The Oscars?

Did anyone watch the Oscars?

I didn't. From a glove perspective, there's not much reason to these days. It seems gloves are confined to "classic" films, or anything that depicts the 50s or earlier. Also popular in fashion magazine ads.

I wonder what it would take for a Hollywood super star to wear gloves to the Oscars? Do they even wear gloves at all anymore?

Usually after the Oscars I'd go through the red carpet shots to see who might have been wearing gloves that I missed while watching, but that's never these days.

I wonder why women don't anymore. Is it seemed as "demeaning"? or "repressive" or is it some kind of symbol I don't get? I am genuinely curious.

Maybe it's like heels and hosiery that they're just "the old way" and times are changing.

hmmm, dunno....

The quest for the glovely lady

This is a quest that I think most of us are on. To find that woman who enjoys gloves as much as we do. Wouldn't it be great to find a woman who wears gloves as often as possible. That every time you were intimate she put on long satin gloves, or that when she went out to the store she put on a pair of tight leather gloves. Someone who might even sleep in gloves. Who doesn't think she's dressed up enough unless she puts on a pair of opera gloves, even if it's just to the local diner.

I don't know if this is just a fantasy for us, do such women really exist? I don't know. I'd like to think so, but then comes the concern, would such a woman thing a guy like me is her type. Perhaps she like more sophisticated men. Then there's the chance you find her but it doesn't work out.

On this subject our friend Terri over at Bootlovers.com had an interesting article the other day:

   "Boot freak guy and boot freak girl find each other. Everything is awesome for a few months. Then guy is so obsessed with boots that girl starts to feel ignored and used. And BORED. She gets resentful and no longer wants to wear boots. Guy gets insecure, girl shuts down sexually. Cue arguing about who does the dishes the most. They break-up. Girl no longer trusts fetishists, and guy gets "issues"."

This is a scary trap. To find the woman of your dreams, and then lose her because you obsess over her clothing rather than her. I would hope I never do that, but I suppose being aware of the problem before hand will reduce the risk of it happening at all.

Have any of you met that special woman? How do you make it work? How often does she wear gloves?

Another YouTube

I love YouTube

Check this out...

FairyGothMother authentic corsets, designer gowns, romantic prom wear, fashion corsets and exquisite lingerie

FairyGothMother authentic corsets, designer gowns, romantic prom wear, fashion corsets and exquisite lingerie

Great clothing and a great site.

Enjoy

Searching for glove pictures

There's a few frustrating things about searching for glove pictures. I like to search Flickr for glove pictures now and again to see what's out there, but the results often leave much to be desired. These are the most frustrating results.

• Trannies. While I have no problems with them at all, they seem to love to wear gloves, and they often dominate the gloves search results.
• Smoking/Smokers - Agh! Probably the single worse result, IMO. I somewhat get the imagery, but smoking is so nasty. I think it's the worse thing for gloves to, makes them stink. People can smoke all they want, I don't care, I just don't want anything to do with it.
• Knitted gloves - I'm not sure what the deal is with these, to me they just look, well.. odd. Once of the things I find so appealing about gloves is the tight, form fitting nature of them, and knitted gloves just seem to be missing that.
• Fingerless gloves - What's the point of these? geez.

Well that's really it today.

Prom

It's getting near prom season, April and May seem to be the big dates for proms, at least around here. Websites start having specials, and start showcasing there dresses, it's a great time of year for those of us interested in women's fashion. I look at it from a photographers prospective as well. It lets me see where the styles are going, what major trends there are, and I also look at the images to see how dress makers like to showcase their dresses.

The other thing I like about prom season is all the femminity in the air. Where for at least one night, in high school, women can be ladies and men can be gentlemen. Women shed the jeans and put on a dress, and the men shed the cargo pants, and put on a tux. It really is sad that dressing up seems to be limited to special occasions, work, and church. But I've been down that road before. ;)

Now I know prom can be a "questionable" age, 16-18 is probably the range of most prom goers, so it can be sticky looking at it from this perspective, but I'm more interested in the fashion and the clothes than I am about who's wearing them. That being said, I'll do my best to make sure anyone featured here is at least 18.

If anyone finds any interesting dress/glove combos, please provide a link to the site. I don't "steal" peoples images, so I won't host anything that I didn't create, or have gotten permission to host.

Found on YouTube

Found this little treasure on YouTube.

It's a video of the Loralie photoshoot for this seasons prom dresses. Check it out... Also neat if you're a photographer.