• Gloves have a speaker in the thumb and a microphone in the little finger and can connect to any phone using Bluetooth
• Design keeps hands warm and eliminates searching in bags or pockets
• Creator used old mobile parts to highlight importance of gadget recycling
Gimmicky - and expensive - new gloves allow chatterboxes to take the term 'handsfree' to a new level - by talking into them as they make a call.
The gloves are known as 'Talk to the Hand' and cost £1,000 a pair.
They come with a speaker unit embedded into the thumb and a microphone built into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.
Artist Sean Miles designed the innovative gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that illustrates the possibilities of gadget recycling.
He uses vintage Miu Miu and Pineider gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned the project.
Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phone out of their pocket or handbag.
Mr Miles, from Windsor, designed two pairs of the new gloves - one in pink and the other in brown and yellow.
They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves.
If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale.
O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimate that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK.
The service pays up to 260 pounds to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, SatNavs, MP3 players and digital cameras.
• DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO RECYCLE YOUR PHONE?
Before you recycle your phone make sure you've deleted all of your personal data
Some retailers offer a service that enables you to return your old phone for nothing - and some will even pay you for it.
And some councils run electrical waste schemes - but they might charge you for collection.
O2 Recycle pays cash for recyclable items and accept phones, tablets, MP3 players, handheld consoles, digital cameras and SatNavs
Networks like Freecycle help you give away your phone to a new home.
Computer Aid International sends used computers and other gadgets to developing countries.
The UK Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive ensures that stores selling electrical goods take back your old goods on a like-for-like basis
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