Welcome back to the Gentleman's Gazette!
In today's video, we talk about touchscreen gloves that work on all fingers as well as
the differences between gloves, different methods, what you should look for, the advantages
and disadvantages.
I don't know about you but I use my phone an awful lot; whether it is to communicate
with people, checking my emails, checking stats, or whatever it is that you have to
do.
The phone is something I touch multiple times a day.
Personally, I love to wear gloves because they elevate my outfit so they are not just
functional when it is cold outside but also during the transitioning season when Igo with
unlined gloves.
The problem I have whenever I use my phone, I have to take off my glove.
If it is really cold, my hand gets cold, and then sometimes, the touchscreen does not react
to it as well anymore and it is just a big hassle.
So our goal at Fort Belvedere was to create a glove that is nice but at the same time,
having a touchscreen ability.
We really love our soft supple lamb Nappa gloves and so we first started by adding a
touchscreen solution to the inside of the glove and tried to work that way.
The problem was it would sometimes work, and sometimes not, and it was quite frustrating.
Because of that, we never sold them as being touchscreen sensitive even though some of
the gloves actually work.
Because it was unsatisfactory, we switched to adding the touchscreen ability to the tanning
and dyeing process of the leather and now, it works like a charm.
I can scroll with a touch of the finger, even the glove itself is touch sensitive so it
does not matter if your hand is cold or warm, it would always work.
You can actually type or swipe, you can move around, navigate, zoom in, and using our gloves
on a screen now is pretty much like using your bare hand.
Now obviously, that is a huge advantage and personally, I love it and the downside is
the leather is much stiffer than before and it is not as soft and supple.
Unfortunately, at this point, there is nothing we can do about that so it is either you get
a soft and supple leather or you get a touchscreen sensitive leather.
Because we realized that not everyone wants a touchscreen sensitive glove and some people
appreciate soft gloves more than others, we are offering both kinds in our shop.
To gauge interest, we started with our burgundy gloves that you can find in a touchscreen
version and a non-touchscreen version so if that is popular and we see there is demand
for it, we will extend that and offer more gloves all with touchscreen and without.
Of course, the finishing, the details, and the fit of our touchscreen glove is exactly
like the ones from our regular lamb Nappa gloves.
That means they are all hand cut in Hungary, they are then handsewn in Hungary by experienced
sewers, all the piping and the leather is all the same, you have the quirks in the middle
of the finger that help you keep your fingers moving and to learn more how specifically
our gloves are made, please check out this video here.
I hope this video will help you decide whether you want a touch screen sensitive glove or
not.
For the full selection of Fort Belvedere gloves, please head over to our shop here.
To learn more about gloves including how to find the right glove size, please check out
the videos in our website.
In today's video, I'm wearing a vintage double breasted herringbone coat that I found for
five euros at a flea market in Germany.
I actually bought it during the height of the summer and therefore, nobody else was
interested and I scored a bargain.
I really like the heavy fabric and the way it drapes as well as the wide lapels and the
ulster collar.
I paired it here with a green and red silk wool scarf from Fort Belvedere that goes really
well with the large herringbone pattern.
The red is also picked up in my burgundy touchscreen gloves so the overall outfit works quite well
together.
My pants are black corduroys from Polo Ralph Lauren, my shoes are from Crockett and Jones
they are single monk straps with a silver buckle and a wingtip brogue pattern.
They are not quite burgundy but they have brown tones and they pick up the brown tones
of my overcoat.underneath my overcoat, I'm wearing a dark green cable knit sweater with
elements in gray and yellow which are likewise picked up in the overcoat.
The tie I'm wearing is a silk bourette tie in a large houndstooth pattern in red and
off white which go well with my gloves and the rest of my outfit.
My shirt is a very rugged light blue oxford cloth button down shirt and it pairs well
with casual outfits.
Also because it is a little thicker fabric, it keeps me warmer than a thinner dress shirt.