Would anyone here wear a cloak/cape/tunic if it were socially acceptable?

[DerekG]

As a fan of science fiction and fantasy, I have to say, the idea of shrouding myself in an elegant cloak is damn inviting. Hell, I have the build of Liam Neeson--I think I could pull it off.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I have a wool cape that I wear in the winter time and no one ever

says anything except,"Beautiful cape." I say, go for it. :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

2. socially acceptable nothing - i wear what i want and screw what

anyone else thinks

[Bucky]

3. you mean like this?

totally

[seemunkee]

4. My goth daughter does on occasions

[LaurenG]

5. Yes

You know I'd like to see "dusters" come back too. Nothing like a cowboy in a duster.:bounce:

[skygazer]

13. I have a duster

It's long, black with the shoulder cape type of thing and the straps that are meant to go around your legs to keep the body of it over your legs while riding your horse. I wear it every winter as soon as the rain sets in with a dark brown felt hat (sort of an Indiana Jones hat). It looks great and I get a lot of compliments on it - I also stay dryer than anyone else around. I couldn't care less what anyone else thinks, though - I wear it because I like it.

Oh, and I am female and live in a very wealthy Bay Area California town. Needless to say, no one around here dresses like I do!

[In_The_Wind]

31. I have a long Outback oiled cotton coat like the one you are describing.

The leg straps are wonderful for windy walks on the beach. My coat also has the shoulder cape.

[July]

35. I have a Barbour thornproof that I love.

It's the "shorter" one (still covers me to mid-thigh), and it really keeps the rain off.

[Deja Q]

6. Easily. But screw social acceptability (aka lemmingitis). Be yourself.

[pitohui]

7. no it makes ppl look fat

it's like the bald guy wearing a baseball cap

[mitchum]

8. My group of teenage delinquent vandals always wore capes before our forays

We may have been little punks, but we had style

[DerekG]

10. You and your cloaked Droogs, eh?

Out and about for some "lashings of the old ultraviolence?"

[mitchum]

12. Absolutely!

It was indeed a seminal influence. however, we thought the derbies were kinda goofy looking :)

[Lars39]

9. Nooo cape!

*Channeling Edna from The Incredibles.* :)

[shimmergal]

11. Cloaks and capes look great,

with their elegant lines, but are rather impractical for warmth.

What _I_ wish was socially acceptable is the head scarf--yes, that square of silky material with colorful designs folded into a triangle and tied under the chin. Keeps ears and head warm--flatters most women's faces--and complements most outfits. It's hard enough to defy current practice and wear any headgear--though I _do_ risk a hat every now and then--but alas, scarves seem to put one completely beyond the pale.

[July]

34. You are not alone, shimmergal!

I actually wear scarves, yep.

In fact, I always have one in my purse. I use it when it rains or when it's windy, and occasionally in winter just to keep my ears from hurting. The one I use matches EVERYTHING -- don't know how it's possible, but it does. It has four or five pale colors in an abstract design, and it's very pretty. Sometimes I tie it '60s-style: under the chin and then in the back.

No-one's ever commented, so I figure either they like it or they think I'm way outside fashionable.

[skygazer]

14. Socially acceptable

What is that? Think about it - if you're following the style, someone had to break out of the last mold and set that style. Be a trendsetter, set a style, be the arbiter of what's socially acceptable. Wear the damn cape!

[Dastard Stepchild]

15. I wear them... especially in fall....

I got a gorgeous cloak when I was in Ireland. I get nothing but compliments. Of course, I am a woman... it may be different for women. Still, I've had a number of male friends that wore cloaks. They looked quite dashing. :thumbsup:

[mcar]

16. I've always loved capes

My 8YO son desparately wants one -- he's really into LOTR and other wizard and knight stuff.

[DerekG]

17. Could anyone provide good links for online stores?

I can't find much.

[Ivan Sputnik]

20. Search for "Jedi robe" on eBay

Some nice custom-made ones there. I'm tempted to get one, but I'd probably be too chicken to wear it in public except on Halloween.

[DerekG]

22. I'm just looking for something elegant and classical

Thanks, but even I wouldn't walk around as a Jedi. Although I understand there's a school in Romania that actually instructs people how to be Knights. Deliciously deviant.

[LongTomH]

23. Try the "Goth" or Renfest sites

Google on Renfest shops.

[lildreamer316]

33. What kind of cloak are you looking for?

Peruse the terms SCA and LARP and Renaissance Faire and you may find lots of links to places that carry different styles. Ebay is also a great resource.

[pippin]

37. This place sells cloaks and capes

http://www.pyramidcollection.com/itemdy00.asp?c=a&T1=P9552&GEN1=All+Apparel&SKW=apparel&PageNo=5

ttp://www.pyramidcollection.com/itemdy00.asp?c=&T1=P90061&GEN1=All+Apparel&SKW=apparel&PageNo=2

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=77218&PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=871623&fp=F&kid=293619&

Ponchos also have been around for a year or so and I see a lot of women wearing them

http://www.newport-news.com/shop/Product.asp?catid=5588&gpcatID=2&pacatID=1649&subcatID=&superstyleID=193689&mainstyleid=251859&prodnum=5412973

[marzipanni]

38. I put "wool cloaks" in google image search...

http://www.iinet.com/~fairmans/woolclk.html
I the sixties my great aunt, an artist born in the late 1880s, gave my family her grey wool hooded cloak which she said was a Quaker garment.
Once I wore it with the hood pulled up and carried an old scythe while walking, hunched forward, down the sidewalk on our busy semi-rural road
in Massachusetts. My brother walked casually behind me ~forty feet so he could catch the expressions on people's faces as they passed in their cars. We had fun doing weird things...
I brought it to California where a male cousin wore it over his jacket and tie to the "Nutcracker" ballet when his grandmother invited some of the young cousins to go with her. He had longish hair at the time and looked wonderfully dapper and old-fashioned.
I say, "Go for it!"

[yellowdogintexas]

18. I have a faux Persian Lamb cape that I acquired in 1970

a friend made it for me; I think the materials cost $7 dollars or something. Anyway, she lined it with super extra thick coat lining,
it comes down to the bottom of my hips and is warm!

I lived in Boston at the time and it was wonderful. Looks good with jeans and looks dressy too.

Handy for the occasional cold day in Texas.


I will never get rid of it.

[flamingyouth]

19. I have a cape.

I wear it when it's really cold outside.

[khashka]

21. I wear what I damn well want!

And I quite like cloaks and capes....

Khash.

[Poiuyt]

24. They used to be quite elegant with formalware

[WCGreen]

25. I certainly would.......

It would be cool.....

Hell I wear top hats and a bowler

[In_The_Wind]

26. I have several capes that I love to wear ...

Most of them are green but I also have two black capes and one short brown cape.

[Ladyhawk]

27. A Lando Calrissian style cape would be nice. n/t

[Ladyhawk]

28. Why not MAKE it socially acceptable? It starts somewhere, doesn't it? :D

I would have put n/t up on the subject line, but there wasn't any room. Darn. Darn, darn, darn.

[sakabatou]

29. Sure, why not?

[swimboy]

30. I have an industrial kilt I kick around in sometimes. Check out

utilikilt.com. I think Liam Neeson would approve.

If you live in the climate for it, by all means wear a cloak or cape. The looks you get will be envy because you'll be warmer and drier than anybody else. Dude, you can pull it off!

[lildreamer316]

32. RENNIE ALERT!

I do every fall and spring.
Oh;and at ritual.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

36. Hell, yes.

Those things are a lot more practical than most of what we wear now, and just about anybody can look good in one.

[ikojo]

39. I had a cape I had made for me back in the 1980s...I finally

freecycled it because I had not used it in quite some time. The woman I freecycled it to attends Stanford and says she will wear it everywhere. She seemed quite happy about receiving my cape.

I have a deerstalker (Sherlock Holmes hat) that I will wear in the winter because it keeps my head warm. When I first got it I did wear it about but then again I could care less what others think about me. If they aren't paying my bills then why should I care?

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