Incredible Trends in Mittens
“Tis the season to wear mittens” and this years designers have really pulled out all the stops. This season’s latest trends include ruffles, studs, animal prints and wild colors. Polka dots, stripes and floral prints are also common, especially in wool blends. There is also a trend toward black and white patterns as well. However yarn is not the only thing that mittens are made of this year. You can get them in all kinds of materials and fabrics.
However one of the biggest and most elegant trends this year are the fingerless and thumbless glove and mitten options which can help you ward off frostbite. The newer styles feature a fingerless mitten with a “cap” of fabric over all the fingers. You simply flip it over so it dangles over the back of the hand. This keeps your hands freed up so you can use cell phones, iPods and other equipment –no matter how cold it is outside.
Another really elegant mitten and glove style looks like evening gloves. Some of these are smooth and tight fitting and others have gathering in a seam. Many of these styles are fingerless and go all the way up to the elbow.
You will see these long evening glove styles studded with buttons. The buttons can be plastic, pearls or brass. Little pom poms made of yarn also double as buttons on the mittens. You also see a lot of loop and button style fastenings in this year’s glove wear. Sometimes the loops will be quite long and lace around the buttons like ribbons. The effect of this is very attractive.
The fingerless mitten and glove styles also come in shiny vinyl’s and sensuous leathers. The effect is very sexy. You most certainly will be able to keep your arms warm. Many would look nice with an evening dress. In fact you could some of the glove styles out there on the market are actually quite kinky!
Mittens that look like animal paws or animal heads are also very popular. There are all kinds of mittens out there that look like animal puppets. Lions, monkeys, tigers, puppies, rabbits – you name it. You can get a funny pair of mittens that double as toys. Some of them, like the lion mittens, have yarn that look like animal hair. They also make these in adult sizes for those of us who are missing the Muppet Show.
The other good news is that mittens are cheap. You can get a pair that completely changes your looks within seconds.