I was recently in the Dents Factory shop on a Saturday and met Richard and Shobha Edgell – they had travelled from all the way Hertford.  I would like to think it was for the sole purpose of visiting our factory shop, but they were also visiting friends for lunch nearby.

They were very interested in our UK factory produced gloves and therefore, I invited them to see our glove museum. They were very impressed.

Richard is a classic car enthusiast (1951 mark VI Bentley) and bought several pairs of gloves, mainly with his car in mind.

Shobha bought peccary driving gloves and later told me that “wearing the gloves added to the driving experience.”  Shobha kindly sent me a lovely photograph of herself riding side saddle at Audley End – of course wearing our gloves!

It was great to meet both Richard and Shobha who as well as being car enthusiasts are also glove enthusiasts!

Deborah Dents Creative Director

Why not come and join us – there are some amazing bargains at our new Factory Shop, and the sale is on until February 25th! From gloves to hats to socks and almost everything in between…

We’ve all seen pictures of the hats, formal day dresses, top hats and tails, but most regulars at Ascot will tell you that the reality doesn’t always match up – our thanks to Karen Andrews, a long time Dents Factory Shop customer for this glimpse of the real world. Karen and her friends had got soaked at a rainy Ascot the day before, so they were keen not to have a repeat. They visited our shop, and left with six of our lovely frilly spotted umbrellas, as well as a multitude of other accessories – we think they looked fabulous.

The forecast rain didn’t materialize, so they didn’t need their umbrellas after all – all the same they came in very handy as walking sticks at the end of the day when their killer heels started to make their feet ache!

Glastonbury fever, only 32 days to go… Oh, what to wear?

Did everyone know that we are only just down the road from Glastonbury? In fact many of you will come within half a mile of our factory shop – good news, as I for one cannot wait to start pulling together my festival look, and this season it’s all about the 70’s.

With bold patterns mixed with ditzy florals, retro shades, crochet tops and denim shorts, it all seems a bit of a mis-match, which is how I’m justifying throwing all my favourite pieces from the Dents collection together.

After much deliberation I have settled of this fab hat to cover my unruly hair…

teaming it with this cute little duffel handbag,  and with only four days to pay-day : ) …

I also have my eye on this little clutch. Naughty, I know, but with the legendary Paul Simon and U2 there, I feel like I should make the effort.

So, hey, the sun is out (well today anyway), and the heat is on, so I’m daring to bare in style.