Dorothy Gaspar, a third-generation glove maker from Hungary, with some of the gloves she has made in her home studio. She makes gloves for individuals and for high-profile period movies such as “The Changeling” and “The Spirit.” Im always trying to come up with new, edgy designs, Gaspar says. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Gaspar makes gloves in her home studio. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Bolts of satin and lamé, spools of candy-hued thread and hand-shaped irons (for pressing stitched gloves) fill her work space. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Gaspar traces clients hands for sizing. Here, she fashions the fingers. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Her grandfather founded Gaspar Gloves in Budapest in 1890. Her father carried on the tradition. “They made me learn it, she says of her family’s influence on her profession. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Pictured is a drawing for a costume for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, for which Gaspar designed the gloves. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
These laced elbow-length gloves are Gaspar creations. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The two-tone perforated leather driving gloves with a snap at the wrist were made by Gaspar. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Elbow-length, laced-design gloves made out of kid leather by Gaspar. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Beyoncé performs during the Today show. A fan snatched one of her elbow-length black leather gloves right off her hand. She carried on her performance wearing just one, and the effect was almost as frisky as Rita Hayworths famous glove striptease in 1946s Gilda. (Scott Gries / Getty Images)
