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'''Opera Gloves''' <ref>Probably so-named because in the late Victorian era these were required with "full décolleté" (low-necked and short-sleeved) evening dresses worn to [[Opera]]s and other such events, to avoid showing too much bare arm.</ref> are long (elbow-length or longer, usually reaching to the upper arm or even the shoulder) gloves worn by women as an accessory, ''usually'' to a formal outfit such as an evening gown or wedding dress. The "elbow-length or longer" part is the key; gloves which cover a substantial portion of the forearm, up to just below the elbow, can legitimately be called "long gloves" or "evening gloves", but '''never''' "Opera Gloves".
Most popular during [[Regency England|the Regency Era]] (roughly 1790 to 1814, so you'll see them in a lot of [[Jane Austen]] adaptations), the [[Victorian Britain|late Victorian Era]], [[The Gay Nineties]] and [[The Edwardian Era]] (roughly 1870 to 1914), and the [[World War II]] years through the early Sixties. Mostly confined to "specialist" fashions since then (wedding gowns, debutante outfits and the like), though there was a minor revival in the 1980's.
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* [[Natalie Wood]] in ''[[Gypsy]]'', ''Sex and the Single Girl'' and ''[[The Great Race]]''.
* Deborah Kerr in ''[[The King and I]]'' ([[Did Not Do the Research]]: Opera Gloves were not worn at this time, the 1860's; wrist-length gloves would have been worn with the outfit in question).
* [[Sylvia Kristel]] in ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' and ''[[Mata Hari (1985 film)|Mata Hari]]''.
* [[Helen Mirren]] in ''[[The Cook the Thief His Wife And Her Lover]]''.
* Gina Lollobrigida in ''La Donna Piu Bella Del Mondo'' ''(Beautiful But Dangerous)'' and many other movies.
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