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Welcome to the icy tundra. I don’t know about where you are, but here in New York City, locals are lamenting the temperatures, calling it the coldest winter in years. It seems like everyone in the city is resigned to wearing puffy jackets & waterproof ski pants until spring. I am no better than the rest of the masses — my style has been a true casualty, dangerously teetering most days between a pair of pajamas & something I like to call “dumpling-wear”. 

Cold, schmold — unfortunately, life goes on.

We still have to leave the house to make the long trek to work, buy coffee or shop for groceries. We layer up with a sigh, donning boots, stockings, skirts, three sweaters, a coat, a hat, a scarf & a pair of gloves. We waddle around, practically immobilized by our many layers, feeling like something out of March Of The Penguins, just far less elegant. To add insult to injury, you can’t get coins out of your purse, change songs on your iPod or type a simple text message without having to use your teeth to remove an enormous glove.

 It’s a very sad time, but there is light on the horizon. Despite the days of freezing temperatures ahead of us, there have been advancements in glove technology, & that alone is reason to celebrate!  Yes, once upon a time, we had only a few choices — gloves (tricky), mittens (impossible) or fingerless gloves (hobo/criminal chic). But it’s all about to change. Etre Touchy gloves are here for you. They believe that you shouldn’t have to choose between dexterity & frigid digits. Etre Touchy gloves are your new, cozy messiah. What is an Etre Touchy glove? It is a full woolen glove with the top of the thumb & index finger conspicuously absent. Genius! 

Now you can type a magnum opus text message, skim through your 20,000 MP3s or fiddle with your contact lenses without exposing your other fingers to the chilly elements. You can even pick your nose (très chic) or read braille — two activities fully endorsed by the creators of Etre Touchy gloves!

Creators Paul & Simon say the idea came to them over a couple of cups of espresso. Recent iPhone purchases had presented them with a challenge — that of flirting via text message with desirable young bachelorettes in winter. Removing a glove to punch in a few words with the intention of impressing a lass just seemed like too much effort, & fingerless gloves (the next logical step) rendered fingers numb & useless. But what if the glove was only missing two fingers? What, indeed? 

It was a long road from dream to reality, as you can read here: http://www.etretouchy.com/about/where/  We sure are glad they persisted.

 Manufactured in the United Kingdom by a company who also creates accessories for Gucci & Paul Smith (ooh, err!), Etre Touchy gloves come in a choice of colors. My favorites are charcoal with turquoise trim & gray with rose trim (pictured).  They even offer fully-customizable colorways for bulk orders!  How very generous.

 Despite the excitement, it definitely leaves you with a couple of questions to ponder. Firstly, which color matches your wardrobe best?  And secondly, why didn’t anyone think of this sooner?!

Words by Gala Darling

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