Stylish, ultra warm ladies gloves - recommendations please

March 17, 2016 4:57 AM

A simple one - looking for personal recommendations to cut through the chaff of a million online options. I'm after some very high performance ladies gloves. A couple of pointers inside.

The gloves are for someone who has mild to moderate and always uncomfortable Raynaud's, so warmth and compression are extremely important. That said, I'd also like them to be stylish and not too chunky, with colour options a bonus. Based in UK, but happy to buy from US, etc. Thank you all in advance

posted by srednivashtar to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (4 answers total)

No specific recommendation here, but I've found mittens - especially shearling mittens - to be far more effective than gloves at keeping fingers warm and preventing Raynaud's.
posted by DrGail at 5:35 AM on March 17, 2016

I don't know about /stylish/, but the Raynaud's Association has some recommendations on their website. I have Raynaud's and use the limbkeeper fingerless gloves (the ones that go all the way to the tip) a lot. Seriously, they are great, and I weirdly get a lot of compliments on them. I got the glider ones too but they're a little too long for my fingers. Warm, though.
posted by leesh at 6:35 AM on March 17, 2016 [2 favorites]

The Swedish glove manufacturer Hestra is terrific and has a wide variety of sport and dress gloves. I got a pair for cross country skiing this winter and they are the best gloves I've ever owned. No experience with Raynaud's.
posted by Alluring Mouthbreather at 7:31 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

I have Seirus gloves and they're great. Not very dressy, and I think they only come in black, but they are great for keeping warm. They are also windproof and I've found they stay reasonably warm and dry in wet conditions in the city.
posted by stillmoving at 7:54 AM on March 17, 2016