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Links to Vendors, Glove-Related Sites, and Other Sites of Interest
Do you really have to leave so soon? You do? Oh, well...here's a list of other sites that you can, or should, visit, if you're interested in gloves, the movies, or beautiful and elegant women!
LaCrasia Gloves is a New York City glovemaker with a long and illustrious list of credits for stage, screen and runway stretching back over several decades. They specialize in custom hand-cutting of high-quality leather gloves for brides, debutantes, socialites, actresses, performers, and all manner of other glovewearers.
Gaspar Gloves is a West Coast glovemaker specializing in service to the Hollywood community.
Finale Gloves is a manufacturer of gloves specializing in leather, silk, satin, velvet and cotton gloves for the bride and her party. (See the banner at the top of this page!)
Madova Glovesis the premier Italian maker of fine kid and other leather gloves. They are located in Florence, and they have online catalogs and will also send you a free hardcopy color catalog upon request.
Maitresse, located in Rochester, NY, sells fine imported kidskin gloves of all lengths, including the hard-to-find shoulder-length opera glove.
Mrs. Peel's Leather, both presented by a longtime member of the glove-lover community, specialize in fine leather gloves for the discriminating connoisseur of opera gloves!
Linda Lorraine Gloves is a glovemaker in the San Francisco area who will custom-make any kind of glove for you that you desire.
Mika's Wedding, also known as Carolina Amato, sells a wide range of gloves of all types and lengths for the bride, including opera gloves in kidskin and satin.
The Glamorous Womansells a nice line of gloves and wrist cuffs.
Midnight Fashionsis another vendor of leather and satin gloves in all lengths, as part of their extensive lingerie line.
The English Channel sells gentlemen's and ladies' gloves, including very nice 12-button (18") black leather mousquetaire gloves.
Milliners Supply Co. sells wholesale gloves in satin, lame, sheer, velvet and nylon at very reasonable prices, starting at $3.50/pair for nylon with a $30.00 minimum order.
Secrets in Lace Lingerie and Hosiery Boutiques is a lingerie vendor that also sells gloves, in satin and lace.
Bad Influencesells elbow-length and longer leather gloves (up to 24 and 26 buttons) at very reasonable prices, along with lingerie, hosiery, shoes, etc.
J.C. Creations-Amsterdam is a corset maker, not a glove manufacturer, but corsets and opera gloves go uniquely well together, and this site has a big image gallery in which many of the models wear opera gloves.
Pak Ratz Place is a new online antiques shop which specializes in vintage accessories, including opera gloves.
NOTE AND CAUTION: Many of these pages feature nudity and other adult material; the approach of these sites usually, though not always, dwells heavily on the sexual/erotic/fetish aspects of gloves. Visit at your own risk, and monitor your younger children - but there are some good sites here!
Sharon, a fellow devotee of lovely opera gloves, owns the following three sites:
Beautiful Women Wearing Leather Gloves has very extensive glove galleries, mostly from fashion layouts and advertisements. (Hasn't been updated since 1999.)
FirstVIEW is an outstanding site that provides huge galleries of every year's spring and fall fashions from every significant designer in the world. The new fashion galleries (currently fall 1999) require a credit card, but you can view older fashion shows (1995 to spring 1999) for free. And there is a great deal of buried treasure in the form of models wearing opera gloves there!
www.supermodels.nl is one of the best "jump sites" to various supermodel sites, with links to FirstVIEW and the FirstVIEW Models Index among many other sites.
is, as the site's subtitle promises, "your one-stop site for costume information and links". Anyone looking for historical information on any item of costume - including gloves - should stop here first.
Jessamyn's Regency Costumer's Companion and
The Regency Fashion Page are two excellent pages devoted to the styles of the Neo-Classical (1800-1825) period.
is a large site dedicated to snug-fitting skirts and dresses. (Isn't it interesting how well long gloves and tight dresses seem to go together?)
The Long Island Staylace Associationis probably the best-known group of corsetry fans on the Web; they also have the best archive of corset images, many of which also feature opera gloves (as I said earlier, corsets and opera gloves do have a way of going together!)
Custom Victorian Dress, Historical Clothing & Living History Presentations by Shooting Star Enterprises are living history reenactors and recreators of Old West, Victorian and Edwardian costume and fashion - need one say that long gloves were a key part of late-Victorian clothing? A new page on gloves in the Victorian period has just been added!
Beauty School is probably the best site on the Web dealing with the glittering world of beauty pageants. Unparalleled stores of historical and current information and photos, all done in a witty and affectionate style. Other good pages relating to beauty pageants, which (along with Beauty School) link to just about every known Net resource on pageants, are:
has several extensive galleries of gloved-fashion pictures!
Corbis is the Web's largest online gallery of photos for sale, with millions of images available, including hundreds of past and present images of opera-glove wearers.
Bombshells.com Va-va-voom! This is the place you should go first when you need information on Betty Grable, Jayne Mansfield, or any of the other great sex symbols of Hollywood's Golden Age. LOTS of links to other actress sites on the net; I use it as one of my major jumping-off points when I'm searching for gloved pictures! (The bulk of the Betty Grable and Jayne Mansfield Glove Galleries, in fact, have been excerpted from bombshells.com. GO VISIT!)
Cinema Sirens is another great site devoted to the sexy babes of the movies of the 1950's. The special thing about this site is that you can buy rare videos direct from the webmaster's collection!
Champagne and Potato Chips are three other sites collecting the classic bombshells and pinup girls of vintage Hollywood.
Class Act: Those Golden Movie Musicals is a superb site devoted to the great musicals of the movies.
Silent Ladies, part of the bigger Silent Movies, has huge galleries on hundreds of actresses of the silent era.
The Silents Majority is another excellent site, again with large image galleries, devoted to the actors and actresses of the silent era (with lots of photos of those silents stars who went on to the talkies era, too!)
Silver Screen Sirens and Sex Symbols contains tons of galleries on Hollywood's great glamour actresses!
is maintained by Meredy, the webmistress of the Classic Dames Ring, who maintains many major classic-stars sites of her own, and who has contributed many exclusive photos to this site
Muzi China | Chinastar is an incredibly comprehensive site showcasing just about every celebrity in the Chinese-speaking world.
Italian Celebrities Unofficial Home Page features extensive galleries on dozens of modern Italian female celebrities. (This site can sometimes be slow to load, although Simplenet appears to have drastically upgraded its servers recently so I've had an easier time getting on this site lately - if you're looking for pictures of any current female Italian star, go here first.)
is a comprehensive links site to dozens of supermodels and celebrities.
Celebrity City is a huge Web message board/forum devoted to the collecting and sharing of high-quality images of classic and modern celebrities.
is the official site of Latin supermodel and actress Angelie Almendare.
The Official Gillian Anderson Web Site has 1,600 pictures of the "X-Files" star, plus a whole lot more.
Big Boy's Loni Anderson Appreciation Pagehas the largest Loni Anderson photo archive on the Net!
Purple Pete's Pamela Andersonhas an excellent Pam Anderson gallery, including one of the best groups of "Barb Wire" pictures.
JulieAndrews.org - A Tribute to Julie Andrews is one of the largest sites devoted to celebrating the great musical star.
Nadjahas hundreds of photos of the blonde German supermodel.
The Jacqueline Bisset Appreciation Pageis a well-organized, nicely designed page devoted to the English/French actress.
is Stephanie Beacham's official fan site, with tons of exclusive photos!
Stephanie Beacham is another Stephanie Beacham fan site with an extensive gallery of photos.
Vivian Blaine - Film & Broadway Star is the first comprehensive site devoted to this great star of the 1940's and 1950's.
The Phoebe Cates Web Paradise is the most comprehensive page on the Web for Phoebe Cates fans. A gigantic image collection (over 400 pictures!)
Legs: A Tribute to Cyd Charisse and The Cyd Charisse Appreciation Page are two sites devoted to this famous (and famously leggy) dancer.
The Jennifer Connelly Center, out of Australia, is the most comprehensive Jennifer Connelly tribute page on the Web (with, coincidentially, the biggest and best JC image gallery!)
Tutto Lorella is an extensive site devoted to Italian TV and movie star Lorella Cuccarini.
The Unofficial Bette Davis Homepage is one of the better Bette Davis resources on the Web, with extensive image galleries and lots of information on one of Hollywood's greatest originals.
Le site Danielle Darrieux is the first website (in French) devoted to one of the most famous French actresses, Danielle Darrieux.
The Doris Day Memorabilia Page and Christopher's Doris Day Page are two fine sites devoted to Doris Day.
Olivia DeHavilland: A Tribute is an excellent site devoted to Olivia DeHavilland, Vivien Leigh's GWTW costar.
Arielle Dombasle : le charme de l'inacheve is a website dedicated to the gorgeous French (or Franco-American perhaps, as she was born in Connecticut!) actress Arielle Dombasle.
has the largest archive of imagery of Great Britain's 1950's sex symbol.
Fran Drescher Unofficial Home Page is an outstanding site given over to the raven-haired star of "The Nanny" and her extraordinary outfits - including her gloves!
AvantGarde...For Fans of Deborah Duchene is the leading site for fans of this lovely Canadian star of "Forever Knight". Be sure also to visit Our Dark Lady of Forever Knight and DCE's Forever Knight Page, and if you need vidcaps, go to Nancy Taylor's Forever Knightie Page.
Ann Dvorak: The Underground Goddess Tribute Site is the first website devoted to this underappreciated beauty.
Anita Ekberg, based at Bwaanaman's World, is one of the largest and best sites relating to the blonde Swedish bombshell!
The Linda Evangelista Chateau has 1,000 pictures and lots of information on this well-known supermodel.
Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, Sissi is a good English-language site devoted to the most famous royal beauty of the 19th century.
H.M. Queen Elizabeth and H.R.H. Princess Margaret: Their Fashion Jewellery and Life in 50's (1947-1960) is a new site by one of our regular contributors devoted to the elegant New Look fashions of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
The Unofficial Terry Farrell Homepage has the widest and largest selection of photos available on the Web relating to this star of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".
The Maria Ford Home Page is a new website devoted to B-movie queen Maria Ford!
The Yasmeen House of Worship and Yasmeen Ghauri's image-list are two superb sites dedicated to the very tall, very long-legged, very glove-loving Pakistani-German Canadian (now there's a mix for you!) supermodel Yasmeen Ghauri.
Two sites maintained by leading goddesses of the Goth subculture who delight in wearing opera gloves are:
Hellbelle.com, run by professional Canadian model HellBelle, and
The World of Countess Lilith Stabs.
The Judy Room is a leading tribute site to Judy Garland. Don't miss Kim's Collection (a part of The Judy Room), with images of many rare Judy-related items!
Three sites dedicated to Susan Hayward are, in no particular order (they're all good!)
Susan Hayward: The Georgia Web Page (Well, it's the first among equals!)
Class 99 Images Susan Hayward,and
The Lovely Rita Hayworth has outstanding galleries devoted to the greatest sex symbol of the 1940's.
is an outstanding site paying tribute to Jean Harlow.
Rita Hayworth - The Love Goddess, based at Bwaanaman's World, is one of the largest and best sites relating to the former Margarita Cansino!
The Audrey Hepburn Photo Gallery offers over a thousand color and B&W images of Audrey Hepburn in all phases of her career.
is a site dedicated to the proposition that Jennifer Love Hewitt, whatever her other merits, is not a suitable choice to play Audrey Hepburn in the upcoming movie biography. (Personally, I'd pick Winona Ryder.)
The lovely Grace Kelly An outstanding site paying tribute to the radiant Grace Kelly; includes a very extensive gallery, including several photos used on this site.
Evelyn Keyes: A True American Actress is a fine site dedicated to Evelyn Keyes.
Deborah Kerr is a small but very fine site devoted to the star of "The King and I".
The Carole Landis Project (with its comprehensive photo collection) and
Always Carole Landis are two excellent websites dedicated to chronicling the career and perpetuating the memory of beautiful Carole Landis.
The Katherine Kelly Lang Fansite has extensive galleries and information on the star of the long-running soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful".
is your source for everything related to Beyonce Knowles!
The Piper Laurie Shrine is an excellent site dedicated to Piper Laurie and her fans.
has all the information and pictures you could ever want on this British supermodel.
The Unofficial Jane Leeves Appreciation Site has a huge gallery devoted to Jane Leeves, "Frasier"'s Daphne Moon.
Vivien Leigh: An Actress with Beauty & Grace has an outstanding gallery of Vivien Leigh pictures - she did a lot besides "Gone With The Wind".
Two other fine sites dedicated to Vivien Leigh are:
Unforgettably Vivien Leigh and
Jeffrey Esmond's Shrine to Vivien Leigh
All Things Gina Lollobrigida is the Web's central resource on Italian superstar Gina Lollobrigida! Be sure to also visit The Gina Lollobrigida Page and The Gina Lollobrigida Homepage (in German and English).
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MADONNA EXTREME are two sites that have gigantic Madonna picture galleries, but they're just two of the dozens of excellent Madonna photo galleries on the Web.
has numerous interesting and rare pictures of this great dancing star.
The following sites relating to Marilyn Monroe have extensive image galleries:
has more pictures than any other place on the Net of the 6'1" blonde Danish actress/supermodel who used to be Sylvester Stallone's wife.
The Terri Nunn Web Site is the source of information and images for Terri Nunn fans on the Web. But this is certainly not to shortchange RJA's Berlin Page, which is an outstanding site on Terri's group Berlin which also contains huge numbers of excellent photos of Terri in concert.
is the largest website devoted to this very popular UK television personality and "Page 3 Girl", and carries extensive links to other British female celebrity pages.
Bettie Page, the greatest pinup model of them all, has a huge following on the Web. There are really too many sites to list, but some of the best ones (and sites that I visited in the course of compiling the Bettie Page Glove Gallery) are, as follows:
Tim Wellman's Bettie Page Page
Betty Bettie Page Page (also run by Tim Wellman)
While this site isn't strictly a Bettie Page site, it's a gorgeous homage site; the photographs are done in the classic Klaw style, and best of all, the models are almost all wearing opera gloves!
The Lovely Gwyneth Paltrowhas hundreds of well-sorted, well-chosen photos and lots of information on the star of "Shakespeare in Love" and "Emma".
Numerous sites on the Web are dedicated to the classic pinup art of the 1930's through the 1960's. These include:
Jaap van Deijk's Pulp Art Palace
Pin-Up Girls Picture Archive & Resource Center
Summercandy Pin-Up's Resource Centre and Restoration Society
Fritz Willis (a pinup artist who frequently painted his models in opera gloves and other long gloves)
These pages are dedicated to Meat Loaf's cosinger, Patti Russo:
is a huge site dedicated to the astoundingly well-endowed British star of large and small screen of the 1950's, Sabrina (Norma Sykes) (not to be confused with the nearly-as-shapely Italian singer Sabrina Salerno!)
is the Web's best and largest site on Italian superstar Sabrina Salerno.
Shearer Sophisitication is a polished, well-researched page in honor of Norma Shearer in which her glamor and sophistication indeed clearly comes through.
All About Brooke Shields has hundreds of photos and lots of information on Brooke Shields.
makes it unneccessary to search anywhere else for pictures and information on this gorgeous Danish model.
is the best page I have found on the Net so far devoted to centerfold/model/actress Anna Nicole Smith.
has thousands of photos and vidcaps of this rising new star. Four other good fan sites are:
is the first website devoted to this famous ecdysiast of the 1940's and 1950's.
Barbara Stanwyck -
Ball of Fire is a huge, highly entertaining site devoted to the spirited actress.
has just about the largest gallery of Shania Twain images on the Web, including up-to-the-minute scans and vidcaps from her concerts, videos and appearances, plus a huge range of other services and information for Shania fans.
Introducing Vera-Ellen is the site to visit for Vera-Ellen information and images.
WARNING: Many of the sites listed in this subsection contain content not suitable for minors!
, Dita Von Teese's official site, is the Net's leading shrine to this modern-day pinup goddess. Several good fan sites for La Teese are:
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KimWilde.com has, as the subtitle declares, "Everything About Kim Wilde".
The Natalie Wood Super Site is a fine site dealing with Natalie Wood.
has all the latest pictures and information on Catherine Zeta-Jones!
is Kate Donovan's new website dedicated to bringing together all classic and modern glamour/pinup sites on the Web!
Bootlovers.com is one of the web's largest and best sites devoted to boot and glove fashion! (N.B.: Pay site, but well worth the money)
is the Web home of glamour/pinup/burlesque queen Gwendoline L'Amour!
does a superb job of bringing back '50's glamour and tease!
is dedicated to classic pinup photography featuring Kate Donovan!
is the personal website of real-life British domme and opera-glove lover Marquise.
is the personal website of this scream queen/burlesque queen/pinup queen!
is the personal website of opera-glove lover Mistress Jessica.
Mistress Persephone is a dominatrix, model, actress, singer, writer, all-arond net legend - and a true lover of opera gloves!
is the website of Euro-glamour pinup model "Primm"!
Commentary on these pages is a bit more difficult than for most pages on this links page, because the sites are almost entirely in Japanese. However, on many pages, the major site components are labeled in English, so with a bit of patience and adroit use of the mouse, you can navigate without too much trouble. Here are some of the best sites I've found - while the pictures excerpted here feature long gloves, there are many, many pictures on those sites featuring short gloves...
Email me at webmaster@operagloves.com, jadmirel@earthlink.net or joea64@yahoo.comwith comments, questions and suggestions.
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Charlotte Kemp is a former centerfold who has transitioned to being a very popular web model.
is the official page of musician and pinup model Stacy Rucker.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sisdecadence/ is the busy Yahoo! group of sexy Web model Sister Decadence!
Tina Grant is a blonde, beautiful, elegant model who wears opera gloves in several hot sets available from her own website.
Velma Kelly is a brand-new retro/classic pinup model from Germany who loves opera gloves!
Lady Jewel fancies latex dresses, but also fancies opera gloves! (Note: this site appears to be down at least temporarily as of 4/5/2000.)
Cordelia is a popular web model who wears opera gloves in several of her sets.
Photographic Web Gallery "Bonpei"
Ladies in Leather Gloves