In the Purell-on-every-street corner twenty-first century it can become easy to forget that the world was not always as clean and highly sanitized as it often is today.

There may be an exact amount of how much postage required to mail the postcard printed on the back of the postcard in the stamp box.Early last fall while Tony and I were savouring our marvelous holiday on Vancouver Island, my lovely friend - and perpetually stylish fellow vintage blogger - Brittany from Va Voom Vintage posted the following question on my personal Facebook page: "I was just admiring some of your beautiful vacation photos and I thought I would love to see a post on tips for wearing vintage gloves! I'm never sure what sleeve length looks best with glove lengths, glove etiquette, how to care for them and keep them clean, etc.I'd love some tips on how to wear them casually also.Traditionally (and still to this day, objectively, but we're going to focus on vintage gloves in particular in today's post) gloves were available in a few relatively standard lengths.These included the following: -Wrist length gloves (also known as "shorties"): The shortest style of glove, these hit at or slightly above the wrist bone and are very versatile.