When buying gloves in the store, there is always the opportunity to try them on. If you do not know your size, then the consultant will suggest choosing a model from several available. But if you decide to make a purchase on the online platform, then you need to specify the size accurately. Otherwise, the couple will either lie idle at home, or have to look for a friend with the same hand number and give him a gift. How to understand what size is needed?
Subtleties of the choice of size
When choosing gloves, remember that over- tightening your arm is fraught with a loss of warmth and comfort . It will be cold, uncomfortable in the fingers, and the seams may break. If you have purchased an accessory with a margin, then the surface of the skin may wrinkle and gather in folds, and the general appearance will be damaged.
When purchasing an accessory for winter wear, pay special attention to how gloves are worn . If this happens with effort, pulling on the hand, and after squeezing the hand, the skin or other material undergoes stretching, then this pair should turn out and look at another, slightly larger size.
Important! When buying a leather accessory, carefully inspect all the seams that should be made with uniform punctures of the needle without gaps and curvature. Pay special attention to the way the lining is attached: in high-quality products, it is sewn, but not glued.
Determine the size of men's gloves
To do this, you need to prepare a centimeter tape for sewing or a thread and a ruler. The accuracy of the measurement affects the correct determination of the accessory number.
How to take measurements?
Size is determined by a figure denoting the circumference of the palm in its widest place, excluding the thumb . The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- wrap a centimeter tape around the palm of the hand;
- bend your arm a little and remember the number near which the edge marked 1 cm met the main part of the tape;
- in the case of a thread, we bend around the palm of the hand, fix the edges with the fingers of the second hand, measure the resulting segment according to the ruler.
Important! Measurements should be made on a wider hand: for the left-handed person this is the left hand, for the right-handed person - the right.
Labeling values
For gloves two marking systems are defined: European and American . Determining the size adopted in European countries and the CIS countries, it is necessary to divide the result of measuring the palm in cm by the numerical value of the French inch (1 inch = 2.71 cm). In the American marking, which is taken into account by the United Kingdom, the English inch is taken as the basis - 2.54 cm.
Sizing Example
If the result of the measurement is the figure of 25 cm, then in our country you need to select the following size: 25 / 2.71 = 9.22. There is no such number in the marking, so we will round up taking into account the laws of mathematics to 9. Therefore, we need the Russian size 9.
In the United States, you need to purchase the following number for such a hand: 25 / 2.54 = 9.8. Accordingly, 10. But in the American (international) system there is no digital marking, there the sizes are indicated by letters. Let's consider it in more detail.
Men's Gloves Size Chart
The digital system has been adopted as the basis for European marking of gloves, while the American system is based on the letter system. Below is a table with a dimensional grid in which the numbers indicate the desired Russian number, and in Latin letters the international number accepted in the USA and England.
The letter size range is familiar to us by marking clothes and reads as follows:
- XS is very small;
- S is small;
- M is medium;
- L is large;
- XL is extra large.
The presence of the letter X in the marking means that the product decreases (in the case of S) or increases (from L) by one size. 2XL, 3XL, 4XL and more - these are all options for increasing the accessory number. The most convenient can be considered a digital system that helps determine the size for an accurate and comfortable fit on the arm.
However, if you decide to make a purchase on the Chinese Internet site, then it will be useful to contact the seller by indicating his palm circumference . Sometimes to determine the desired model, you need to measure the length of the brush, middle and thumb. The brush is measured from the bend to the tip of the middle finger, the length of the fingers is from the lower groove formed by the folded palm to the tip.
Differences in sizing for gloves made of different materials
Manufacturers of warm woolen mittens and gloves can use their own measurement system, where the error is 0.5 - 1 cm . To purchase a knitted accessory in absentia, you only need to know the size of the palm circumference. Such things are usually purchased for out-of-town trips, skiing or playing sports, when it is important to keep your hands warm. A loose fit will just provide an air gap that will work to maintain the temperature balance inside the accessory.
Leather products, although they can be stretched, must be purchased taking into account the following parameters:
- size;
- origin of material.
If you need to choose an accessory with a fur lining, you need to order a size with an increase of a quarter of the number . For example, your palm volume is 9.3 inches. This size does not happen, so gloves should conditionally correspond to the 9th number. If the lining is fur, then with the addition of a quarter of the number and further rounding, it is determined that the desired size in this case is 10.
Sometimes men find it difficult to choose, because they are not familiar with the correct method of fitting. If this is actually the case, check out the sequence of actions:
- bend the cuff and gently pull on the gloves with 4 fingers;
- put your thumb in and turn the edge back into place;
- correct it with the other hand;
- if folds are present or it is difficult to bend your arm, then you need to ask the model for a number more;
- if the product sits too loose - try on a size smaller;
- remove by carefully pulling each finger, but not all together.
How is male size different from female?
The paradox is that the differences relate only to the alphabetic system, the measurements in French inches in size for both men and women are the same and indicate one number.
