Kaiser Karl made Chanel fingerless cool, but kill the cheesy starlets…

Nothing completes Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld’s panache like his leather fingerless gloves. They come in leather: black, red, white with black, and the latest ivory with feathered rims worn by singer Lily Allen at the Spring 2010 runway. Young Miss Allen, even in her slightly rubenesque splendor pulled it off. But gals with duck yellow hair like Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson above, should retire the gloves completely. They are too desperate to pull them off. Read: FASHION VICTIM. Marc Jacobs makes fingerless gloves for winter and lace ones in the Spring. Phillip Lim 3.1. has put out winter fingerless for the past couple seasons too. But you really need an attitude of a dame who wants her fingers to roam a bit and just happens to slip them on. My best pick of the season are the classy black sheer ones worn by Adi of ThreeASFOUR in the photo below. Yes, ThreeASFOUR makes them in limited numbers. Paired with a shimmery gray butterfly top and easy swept up pony tail, it works wonders.

Adi from ThreeASFOUR taps New York Times style shooter Bill Cunningham at museum event