Hardworking gloves...

Gloves were not always the luxurious, stylish accessories that they are now. Some of the earliest gloves were actually made of very cheap materials (such as fabric), and used by shepherds, peasants, and soldiers in their daily work!

It was at this point that gloves began to represent different social classes...

... elegant, beautiful long gloves in silk for the wealthy....

... and woolen, often tattered, half-gloves for the poor...