Gloves are an accessory that have been worn for centuries, in the Victorian ages they were worn to show off your high social status, in the roaring 20’s gloves were worn by women as a fashionable item to accessorise they’re outfits, typically flapper style.
This style of plain black long gloves would also be worn by those in the in the opera, a saloon girl or as Audrey Hepburn in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s!