The Elle Style Awards is always one of the most glamorous parties of the year and this year’s event, held on Monday (Feb 14th) was one of the best ever. So many A-list guests turned up that the photographers didn’t know who to turn to first – Emma Watson, Cheryl Cole, Helena Christensen – the list of top celeb names just went on and everyone of course looked totally stunning. Vivienne Westwood seemed a little uncertain as she presented Emma with the Style Icon award; she admitted she was a little unsure who Emma was as she hadn’t seen any of the Harry Potter films!
But the highlight for us of course was seeing our lovely Dents gloves up on stage for the presentations. Gok Wan co-presenter Brix Smith Start showed our long black leather gloves to full advantage during the awards and she wasn’t the only person who glammed up her look with Dents gloves. A really excellent evening all round.
Brix loved our gloves so much, she went to our Warminster factory to see them being made – you can see her visit, shown on Gok Wan’s Fashion Fix, by clicking here.
Dents long leather gloves
The fashion business is such a small world. Years ago I did some great photo shoots with David Bailey, and I remember hearing about this iconic photographer’s background. He had been brought up in the east end, and, during World War II when he was three years old, his house was bombed and destroyed. With Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy, he was one of the top photographers who were responsible for portraying the “swinging” aspects of the 1960s, and he has been shooting amazing photographs ever since. This week we had a phone call asking for some of our lovely long black leather gloves for a photo shoot David is doing for GQ Magazine. Along with David, these gloves just go on and on being a top fashion favourite! The gloves appear in so many fashion photographs, they add such elegance and statement to a huge range of different outfits. Interestingly, many of the models have problems getting them on because they are not used to wearing long gloves. You really do need to roll them back and insert the hand and fingers first. Only when the fingers are properly fitted should you start gently easing the rest of the glove down the arm. I know David will do an amazing job photographing them and I can’t wait to see the results.
