colourful gloves: the case for plum, red and every shade but black

black leather gloves will always be useful, but this is the winter to own a second pair in a colour. designers have been using coloured gloves as the one bright note in a dark look for some time now, the colour reports for autumn 2026 point to warm, deep shades, and search interest in coloured leather gloves is rising.

are colourful gloves in fashion?

yes. marie claire’s bella gerard argues that if you buy one accessory for 2026 it should be a great pair of statement gloves, and makes the case for colourful ones, pointing to khaite’s autumn/winter 2025 show, with its pop of purple against otherwise all-black looks, and to prada’s spring/summer 2026 collection, where long, scrunched leather gloves came in cerulean, tangerine and iris¹. stylist noted balenciaga’s glossy gloves in deep colours, oxblood, coral and merlot, among the spring/summer 2026 longline styles².

which glove colours are in for winter 2026?

tagwalk’s analysis of the autumn/winter 2026 shows, reported by paris select book, lists the fastest-rising colours as plum and copper, each up 309 percent, followed by tomato red, up 23 percent, canary yellow, up 19 percent, and forest green, up 13 percent³. who what wear’s autumn 2026 colour report names midnight, plum, carbon, moss and scarlet, with plum at miu miu and hermès and scarlet at chanel and chloé, and notes that burgundy was last autumn’s dominant hue⁴.

red, meanwhile, dominated the autumn/winter 2026 runways, according to luxury london, which counted head-to-toe red at michael kors, jacquemus, ferragamo and lanvin, gloves included, and red gowns at valentino, fendi and carolina herrera⁵, and red is among the trends tagwalk lists for autumn/winter 2026 womenswear⁶.

why is plum the colour of the season?

plum does what every good winter colour does: it looks rich against black, grey and navy, warm against camel, and grown-up rather than sweet. it’s also the shade that rose fastest across the autumn/winter 2026 shows, jointly with copper³, which makes a plum glove a direct way to wear the season’s palette. our 005 plum python gloves are plum suede printed with a python pattern across the back of the hand, with a plain suede palm and a slim leather binding at the wrist, and they were shot with an oversized charcoal coat, which is exactly where plum looks best.

what are shoppers searching for?

colour, increasingly. in google trends’ related searches for the past twelve months in the us, women’s leather gloves are among the fastest-rising searches related to leather gloves, up more than 500 percent, alongside blue leather gloves, up 300 percent, white, up 200 percent, green, up 160 percent, and red, up 100 percent⁸. in the uk, black leather gloves are still the top related search on google trends⁹, which is exactly why a coloured pair stands out.

how do you wear red gloves?

treat red as the accent and keep everything else quiet. red gloves look sharpest with black, grey or camel, and surprisingly easy with denim. the only real rule is to keep red to one place: gloves and lipstick work, gloves, bag and shoes in the same red can look like a costume.

how do you wear colourful gloves without looking costume-y?

• one colour at a time. let the gloves be the only bright thing, as khaite did with purple against black¹.
• go deep rather than bright for everyday: plum, burgundy, bottle green and chocolate read as colour without shouting.
• repeat the colour once, quietly, in a scarf or a lipstick, rather than matching everything.
• let texture help. a colour in suede looks softer and richer than the same colour in shiny leather.
• if you can’t decide, cream is the gentle way in, especially against a black coat, as our 007 striped gloves show.

what colour gloves go with which coat?

the short version: plum or red with black and grey, cream or brown with navy, brown, tan or green with camel. our guide to what colour gloves to wear with your coat goes coat by coat, and marie claire uk notes that alongside classic black, burgundy, white and brighter shades have all been popular on the street¹⁰.

wutong’s colours this season are plum and brown python suede, cream nappa with black stripes, cream calf hair with black spots, and black. every style is one size, £120 a pair.