You may think I’m insane for suggesting suede gloves for the summer, but trust me, these are SOOOOO badass that’s you’ll be jumping on the “gloves in the summertime” trend faster than Rachel Zoe can run to the bathroom to purge the five leaves of lettuce she had for lunch (butter lettuce IS higher in calories, you know). First thing–these are made by the legendary Azzedine Alaia–meaning they’re really an investment (better than the Vegas condo you bought in 2004 for 300K, expected to flip in a year for 500K, except now it’s worth 210K, but I digress). Second–you can buy them in pounds sterling or in euros–so you feel chic just buying them (until you figure out you don’t know the exchange rate and find out you paid $500). Find them on the Eurochic web site (discovered by my ever-vigilant blog partner) called Matches.

Photo: matchesfashion.com

Imagine wearing these with a cute strapless floral dress to give it a rock ‘n roll edge or a grey jersey shift  to add an interesting dimension to its minimalism. OR, for the daring ones out there, just wear them with a black bra and panty set from Agent Provocateur for your significant (label-appreciating) other.

Photo: matchesfashion.com

Apparently, I have a pair of shoes that go perfectly (hand in glove, har har) with these gloves–checky here:

Photo: urbanoutfitters.com