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New York Times
Special Fall Fashion Issue by Kathy Horn, Published August, 23, 2007 Please see article at: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/fashion/index.html?th&emc=th
Zagat Survey - 2007 New York City Shopping Guide - page 158
LaCrasia Gloves 1181 Broadway 8th floor, New York, NY 10001 (B’way & W28th street) m N/R/W to 28 St. 212-803-1600;
“Your fingers can find fashionable coverage all year round” at this “great focused resource” on the fringes of the Flatiron District offering every “glove you can imagine” from “arm-length” numbers “for that black-tie outfit” to “racy fine leather driving” styles; hand mavens vow “this place is a trip”, even if your digits don’t need protection; N.B. the Grand Central shop of the same name carries their merchandise but is separately owned.
Where to Wear 2006
New York Shopping Guide, page 164
LaCrasia Gloves
In 1973 belt-designer and FIT graduate LaCrasia Lorne Duchein had a vision: to reclaim the fame of gloves and bring them back as a women’s wardrobe staple. Now, with partner and master glovemaker Jay Ruckel, LaCrasia has brought her dream to life, creating over 60,000 gloves a year for rich and famous folks from the White House to Michael Jackson, Madonna, Angelica, Gwyneth and Uma are but a few well-known clients. The store sells everything from lacy fingerless styles, white debutante gloves, snakeskin numbers, leather driving gloves and much more. Guess who made Brittany’s white leather opera gloves?
Moderate
Midtown West 212-803-1600 Mon-Fri 10-5 (Sat. by appointment
“Nothing brings a tear to the eye of nostalgic’s like the memory of our once great glove trade...Enter LaCrasia Gloves, who have been in the business since 1973. They will customize any glove to any hand. Just send in tracing, the type you did as a kid when readying to draw turkeys.”
Metro Holiday Gift Guide, December 7, 2006
“We’ve got to hand it to LaCrasia (wegloveyou.com), one of the few shops in the country that still custom-cut men’s and women’s gloves...We’re sure you’ll give it the thumbs up.”
New York Magazine, February 2, 2004
“LaCrasia has any type of glove you can think of, including kid gloves in all lengths and colors, because they are one of the premier glove makers in the fashion industry.”
Romantic Victorian Weddings Then And Now
“LaCrasia is the ‘First Name’ in wholesale custom gloves.”
F.I.T. Network, Winter 2000
“Brides, wrestlers, debutantes, strippers, military men, Las Vegas showgirls, race car drivers, Hollywood actors, The Rockettes, and riot police are among the clientele of LaCrasia Gloves, one of the few remaining custom glovers in the world.”
Robb Report, December 2000
“When Mr. Ruckel (at LaCrasia Gloves) hangs up his cutting shears, it may well be the last stitch in time for the long white leather debutante glove made in America.”
Diane Sawyer, ABC-TV, Good Morning America, April 30, 1999
“LaCrasia Gloves are the only gloves worth having. (Just ask Jackie Kennedy, Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Geoffrey Beene, Madonna , Sylvester Stallone, Prince, Brooke Shields, Michael Jackson, Michelle Pfeiffer and others, Not to mention entire casts of Broadway sows, and almost all the Seventh Avenue show designers).”
Accessories Magazine, May 1996
“Today (Lacrasia) Duchein has a corner on the American market because, for one, her gloves are assembled from start to finish in one of the last glove manufacturing plants in the United States.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 1, 1990
“Glove Story: How Lacrasia Duchein has made them the hottest item in fashion...It was Lacrasia Duchein, who had made up her mind to bring gloves back from oblivion...People still find it hard to believe that she doesn’t have her gloves made in the Philippines, but for Lacrasia it’s a joy and a necessity to be around the machinery and the men who make them, and she is determined to keep fine glove making alive in America.”
Connoisseur Magazine, February 1988
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