Recommended models: CASUAL series, CLASSIC series, DRIVING series, Heritage series
Due to the retro wave in recent years, leather gloves as a classic accessory have finally been taken seriously, and their tough appearance is perfect for men to show their taste. When you're looking for a professional leather glove, look no further than Dents.
Dents made coronation gloves for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, and are known for their appearances in the 007 film series and Downton Abbey, which are now housed in the Dents Glove Museum. The birthplace of Dents is Worcester, and at the height of the British glove industry, more than half of the country's more than 100 glove manufacturers came from this glove town. Later, most of the glove manufacturers were eliminated due to the onslaught of imported goods, and Dents became one of the few surviving established glove manufacturers.
As early as 1884, Dents was the world's leading manufacturer of gloves, producing more than 12 million gloves. Dents does not limit its sights to the local market, more than 30% of its sales come from overseas markets, and Dents gloves are now available in 27 countries around the world.
In order to provide customers with relatively affordable gloves, Dents started producing them in cooperation with a factory in the Czech Republic half a century ago, which means that not all gloves are made by hand. The handmade production of gloves consists of two parts: hand-cutting leather and hand-sewing, and it takes 5-7 years to train a skilled glove craftsman, and the Dents factory has many experienced craftsmen, many of whom have more than 50 years of production experience. It takes more than 6 hours to make a pair of traditional craft gloves that takes 32 steps and is now only used in its high-end Heritage line, which is only made and sold in the UK, representing the best level of leather gloves.
The Heritage collection is divided into men's and women's versions, all of which are made of the finest leathers, such as boar leather, deerskin, and straight sheepskin. The straight shearle is supplied by Pittasrds, a top leather supplier in the UK, and the cashmere lining comes from Johnstons' haute couture. The South American boar leather used by Dents is one of the most luxurious and top-quality leathers in the world, with soft, hard-wearing characteristics and neat three-hole surfaces, with a unique rough texture, which is highly sought after by men. Boar leather is only used in the men's Heritage collection, and is usually lined with cashmere for excellent warmth, with prices starting at around £300.
Compared with other luxury brands that often cost thousands, the price of Dents' ordinary series is relatively affordable, most of them are less than 1,000 yuan. The number of men's gloves in Dents is not as many as women's gloves, but it is also divided into quite detailed collections, including the CASUAL, CLASSIC, DRIVING, SPORT, TOUCHSCREEN series. The overall design of the CASUAL series is mainly casual and easy to match, with a large price difference of 200-1000 yuan, including a small number of touchscreen gloves, and most of the leather materials used are suede pigskin and straight wool sheepskin, most of which are lined, suitable for daily warm gloves in non-extremely cold areas.
Straight wool sheepskin is a top material derived from Ethiopian and Nigerian straight wool sheep, with strong toughness and natural elasticity, and is considered to be the best glove leather, Dents's CLASSIC series is mainly used in this material, this series of style design is not much different from the CASUAL series, the average price is about 1000 yuan; The DRINVING collection also uses straight shearle, and several of the gloves have been discarded for a more comfortable driving feel, with holes in the knuckles to ensure a true grip. Dents' SPORT series is designed primarily for shooting sports, with matte designs at the junction of the index finger and palm and the tip of the index finger, and products for different hands, including waterproof leather and knitted fleece.