She is a former director of protocol for the city and county of San Francisco and the founder and CEO of The AML Group (), certified etiquette and protocol consultants. Lisa Mirza Grotts is a recognized etiquette expert, an on-air contributor, and the author of A Traveler’s Passport to Etiquette. It is permissible to wear rings or an important bracelet over a glove.

Black opera gloves should not be worn with white or light-colored gowns, only with dark-colored, or bright-colored clothing.White, ivory, beige, and taupe are the traditional colors for opera gloves and are appropriate for virtually any occasion of which opera gloves are worn.The empty glove hand can then be rolled up neatly to wrist level and either tucked inside the glove or under your bracelet, if you are wearing one.

If your opera gloves are mousquetaires, the popular style with a three-button wrist opening, you can partially remove them by undoing the buttons and pulling your hand out through the opening.

Opera gloves are, therefore, properly worn with sleeveless or short-sleeved cocktails dresses or strapless, sleeveless (with straps), or short-sleeved evening gowns.

The basic rule for the length of all gloves is as follows: The shorter the sleeve, the longer the glove.

Gloves may be worn while drinking, though it’s better to remove your gloves, or partially remove them if possible, to keep from spilling liquids on them.

To put gloves on, first work in the hand from the wrist, then gradually smooth the glove up the arm, rather than pulling from the top.

To remove your gloves, first push down the armpiece to your hand, then remove the glove by pulling on the hand portion.

When dinner is over, you may put them back on at the table.

When you sit down to dinner, you should take off your gloves, fold them in half, and put them under the napkin on your lap.

Gloves should be kept on when shaking hands (as in a reception line), dancing, or presenting your hand to be kissed, but not when dining.

Here is what you need to know when wearing opera gloves (also known as evening gloves) for any occasion. It’s opera season, and the gloves are on, at least for opening night at the opera, the symphony, and other formal events.

Opera gloves.