"When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves, And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter" - Jenny Joseph

Of all the problems that you face coming out of winter...dry, pale skin...that feeling of cabin fever that's impossible to shake...or the few extra pounds the accumulated courtesy of your reclusive lifestyle...there's one that doesn't get a lot of press...gloves.

That's right, gloves...because, after a winter of having to wear gloves to avoid hypothermia, it's hard to muster the enthusiasm to want to wear spring gloves...no matter how pretty they are...even these beauties in buttersoft violet and camel kidskin.