Sermoneta Gloves is a Rome-based manufacturer, designer, and retailer of high fashion mostly-leather and suede gloves for women and men.[1] The company was founded by artisan Giorgio Sermoneta in 1960.[2]
Current line
As of 2012, amongst their various designs, Sermoneta produces sixty-one separate styles of gloves. Forty-five are women's and sixteen are men's styles. Currently Sermoneta includes these glove-outers:
- Kidskin leather, forty-six styles.
- Deerskin leather, two styles.
- Cashmere wool, one style.
- Sheepskin shearling, two styles.
- Suede, four styles.
- Pigskin leather, two styles.
- Suede back/Kidskin leather palm, two styles.
- Satin, one style.
- Peccary leather, one style.[3]
Worldwide locations
Besides from being purchased online, as of 2012, Sermoneta operates boutiques in the following international cities:
In popular culture
- The American singer/songwriter and actress Katy Perry wore yellow Sermoneta fingerless leather gloves for the May 2012 cover of Teen Vogue.[6]
- The fictional character Serena van der Woodsen in Cecily von Ziegesar's 2011 novel Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer wear's taupe-colored Sermoneta kidskin gloves when she sneaks into the home of her friend Nate Archibald.[7]
References
- Via della Vigna Nuova: Sermoneta gloves apre un negozio a Firenze FirenzeToday, retrieved 2018-05-16^
- SERMONETA GLOVES : MENS AND WOMENS GLOVES Sapphirewhispermagazine.com, retrieved 2016-01-18^
- Sermoneta Gloves Sermoneta Gloves, retrieved 2016-01-18^
- Lauren Milligan. Fall In Glove British Vogue, 2009-02-04, retrieved 2020-08-11^
- Sermoneta Gloves retrieved July 25, 2012^
- Find Your Inner Beauty: Katy Perry covers May 2012 issue of Teen Vogue My-innerbeauty.blogspot.com, retrieved 2016-01-18^
- von Ziegesar, Cecily. Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer. Hachette Group/Poppy, Canada. 2011. ISBN 978-0316185097.^