Buying Guide, Fashion

The Best Designer Gloves for Women: 10 Luxury Brands to Know

Buying Guide, Fashion

The Best Designer Gloves for Women: 10 Luxury Brands to Know

The best designer gloves come from houses that already work leather and cashmere well: Nour Hammour for soft Parisian leather and suede, Max Mara for long cashmere and nappa, Khaite for sculpted long leather. Here are ten brands from our designer gloves edit and what each does best.

Key facts

  • Nour Hammour: soft Parisian leather, suede and cashmere
  • Max Mara: long cashmere and nappa
  • Khaite: structured long leather
  • Gabriela Hearst: shearling for real cold

The brands

1. Nour Hammour

A Parisian leather house founded in 2013. Short Wrislet gloves in silk lined leather, cashmere lined suede and cashmere knit, plus the extra long Elonge. Start with Wrislet Leather Gloves in Vintage Black.

2. Max Mara

The widest range: long cashmere in every camel shade, extra long suede and short nappa. See Max Mara Palmi Long Cashmere Gloves in Camel.

3. Khaite

The Remo, a long leather glove with real structure, in black, brown and cream. Try Khaite Remo Long Gloves in Black Leather.

4. Toteme

Minimal Scandinavian gloves, from Toteme Extra-long leather gloves in Black to brushed cashmere.

5. Brunello Cucinelli

Italian nappa and cashmere, often with monili beading. See Brunello Cucinelli Nappa leather gloves in Brown.

6. Magda Butrym

Polish craft: mid length leather, crochet trimmed cashmere and fur mittens. See Magda Butrym Mid-length leather gloves in black.

7. Strathberry

Scottish cashmere, including fingerless versions. See Strathberry Westray Cashmere Gloves in Black.

8. Gabriela Hearst

Shearling gloves for the coldest days, like Gabriela Hearst Eglantina Gloves in Black Shearling.

9. Maria Lucia Hohan

Long leather evening gloves in colour, such as Maria Lucia Hohan Leandra Long Leather Gloves in Black.

10. Schiaparelli

Surrealist gloves with trompe l'oeil nails, the collector's pair: Schiaparelli Schiaparelli Trompe L’Oeil Long Leather Gloves.

How to choose

For everyday wear, buy a short leather glove in black and a cashmere pair. For evening, add a long leather glove. For real cold, add shearling. Use our glove size chart before you order.

Glove lengths explained

Glove length is traditionally counted in buttons, where one button is roughly one inch measured from the base of the thumb.

Length Buttons Where it ends Wear it with
Short 2 At the wrist Every coat and jacket
Mid length 4 to 6 Mid forearm Three quarter sleeves, cropped jackets
Elbow 8 Just below the elbow Short sleeves, cape coats
Opera 16 and above Above the elbow Sleeveless evening dresses

How we chose

Every pair here is in stock at Coveti at the time of writing. We picked on the quality of the leather and yarn, the cut through the fingers and how well each glove works with the coats people actually wear, and we name the brand, material and colour of each so you can compare like for like.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best luxury glove brand?

It depends on the glove. Nour Hammour and Max Mara for everyday leather and cashmere, Khaite for long leather, Gabriela Hearst for shearling.

Are designer gloves worth it?

Good leather gloves last years, and the fit is better: the leather is thinner and softer, so the glove follows your hand.

Which designer gloves are the warmest?

Shearling gloves, then cashmere lined leather, then pure cashmere.

What colour gloves go with everything?

Black first, then a dark brown.

Read next: Women’s leather gloves, Cashmere gloves, Black leather gloves.

By Gemma Deeks, Coveti Fashion Editor. Updated 28 October 2026.