We received this wonderful story from long time Dents customer Barbara Bates – a huge thank you to her mum for taking such good care of the gloves over the years! We love to hear your stories, they’re very special to us – just include a good quality photo if you have one.
On a recent visit to my parents, mum and I were reminiscing when I suddenly remembered some lovely gloves she had when we were children.These gloves were very special to her. Not only do I remember her wearing them at times but her allowing us children to wear them to dress up in. I told her how I’d love those gloves, the wonderful feel of them. It took me back to the times when as a child I’d stroke these fur gloves, they were so soft and warm. When I told her how special they had been to me as well and how it was a shame she no longer had them she smiled and left the room only to return a minute or so later with the said gloves carefully wrapped up to protect them. How she laughed at my joy of seeing them again and of how I sat gently stroking them and laughing together as we recalled times when as children she’d let us wear her ‘special gloves’.
As fur went out of fashion years ago I thought mum had got rid of these gloves but as you now know she hadn’t worn them in years but still treasured them. My dad had brought them for her after the birth of my older brother in 1957. They are in very good condition with the fur (beaver skin)? still being bright and the leather showing no signs of wear. I am now the proud owner of mums ‘special gloves’ as she insisted I have them from now on. She hadn’t realised until that day just how fond of those gloves I was as a child and how much I adored her for letting us children wear them to dress up in. Like mum I won’t wear these gloves but will still treasure them, taking them out of the wrappings from time to time to look at and hold whilst remembering the fun I’d had with them as a child. Thank you to ‘Dents’ for giving us the chance to have these wonderful memories and of course for the gloves without which these memories would not have happened.
Barbara Bates.
There’s a distinctly nautical flavour to Dents’ Spring / Summer Collections… I can almost taste those sea breezes from here 
Our busy trade show season continues next week – we’re showing 2012 Men’s and Women’s Accessory Collections at Moda, at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, from 19 to 21 February. You’ll find our Men’s Collection at Stand MA30, and our Women’s Collection at Stand M11. We’re expecting a busy show, so contact us for an appointment.
We’re launching our 2012 Women’s glove Collection in the USA at Coterie, which runs from 21 to 23 February at the Javits
Centre in New York City. We have some fabulous new styles to show you, and you’ll find us at Booth 5526, which we are sharing with our sister company, Corgi Hosiery. For appointments contact our US representatives Jim Seaman or Jan Mehalick, of A Kuehnert & Co., Inc., 845-781-8185
After the successful launch of our 2012 Glove Collection in Florence and New York, our next stop is MrKet, Las Vegas, at the 
Venetian Hotel, from 12 to 14 February. You’ll find us at booth 264. New this year are fantastic new colours in contrast stitching and luxurious cashmere linings, apple, purple, tangerine, yellow, to name a few, as well as a greatly expanded range of casual gloves.
For an appointment, contact our US representative, Jim McKenry, at 212.757.4664, email Jmckenry@birddoggroup.net
