Get This: Fingerless Gloves

Update your wardrobe with fall’s most fashionable paradox.

By Megan Reid

: Photo by White/Packert.

They still have attitude, but fingerless gloves are no longer reserved for misunderstood youths and beer peddlers at Bruins games. In luxurious, neutral-colored knits like heather-gray cashmere and black mohair, this season’s elbow-skimming accents are equal parts 1940s glamour and 1980s punk. The indoor-outdoor style instantly refreshes the ubiquitous layering trend, whether dressed down with a tunic and jeans, or jazzed up with a statement skirt and a simple turtleneck. Just don’t go overboard: Paired with leg warmers, the digit-free look can feel a little desperate.

Pictured: 3.1 Phillip Lim cashmere, $145, Barneys New York, Copley Place, 617-385-3300, barneys.com. Other options: Voeu cable-knit wool, $110, Stel’s, 334 Newbury St., Boston, 617-262-3348, stelsinc.com; Steinunn cashmere, $175, Stil, The Mall at Chestnut Hill, 617-527-7845, stilinc.com; Thomas Wylde wool, $195, Riccardi, 116 Newbury St., Boston, 617-266-3158, riccardiboston.com; crocheted, $34, Betsey Johnson, 201 Newbury St., Boston, 617-236-7072, betseyjohnson.com.

Originally published in Boston magazine, September 2007