[ SECRET POST #2191 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2191 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Screw the neighbors, I wish that capes would come back to everyday use. They'd be easier to throw on than coats.

[(Anonymous)]

YANA. Oh, the things I'd do for a pretty Arwen cape...

[elaminator]

Exactly! Arwen's cape is gorgeous and stylish, who wouldn't want one? Wear it with pride, OP. I'm sure you look timeless and regal, too.

[blueonblue]

The last time I went to a modern art museum, there was an elderly gentleman wearing a cape and a Hitler moustache. It was definitely a look.

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen some people wearing a cape at the theater or opera, but not outside 'special' occasions. It's a pity that it's considered formal wear.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you sure he wasn't an exhibit?

[blueonblue]

I would be surprised, he was very lifelike...

[(Anonymous)]

Performance art.

[pantswarrior]

Oh, me too. Actually I noticed after a few ren faires that period clothing in general is more flattering to a wider variety of body types than modern clothing, too.

Or maybe I have a fetish, I dunno. One of the two.

[(Anonymous)]

You're not wrong. Period clothing relied on underclothing (corsets/stays, padding, bum rolls, farthingales, bustles, etc., for shaping, and for the most part shaped the body rather than allowing the body to dictate the shape of clothes. In times and places where people wore more naturally form fitting or just less clothing in general--see French women's formal wear right after the first revolution--people had more of a problem looking good, which is one of the reasons that style didn't last long. Now that it takes more effort for most people to be slim and muscular than it does for them to be pudgy, fashion's focus is on showcasing the few, the proud, the slender, rather than letting the world know that you can afford to get fat and then wear clothes that make a hard day's work next to impossible. So back when it took effort to be fat, people's clothes were cut and shaped to emphasize and make the most of some extra padding. (See the peascod belly.) Now that it takes effort to be skinny, most clothes are designed to look good on skinny people. But the average runway model doesn't have the figure to look good in most period clothing. We might think they do, but that's because skinny is our ideal.

[kallanda_lee]

This. Capes are awesome.

[lunabee34]

Agreed.

And you could curl up under them on the couch like a blanket. Warm and stylish.

[(Anonymous)]

They are in style, but you'll pay dearly for them --- the one I bought 1/2 price was still around $100 and I ended up literally walking past it during a sidewalk sale in a higher-end plaza.. I walked past it three times then put it on layaway LOL. It's Victorian style (short walking cape) but modern print, though.

It would be very hard to find one that's completely Victorian/Elvish, unless you hit up the huckster's room at your nearest con -- which will cost you an arm and a leg and your firstborn child, but at least you'll get what you want?

[(Anonymous)]

Or people can learn to sew/offer favors to someone who does. If someone can hem a pair of jeans, they can hem a full circle cape. The instructions are online pretty much everywhere for how to lay out the fabric, and the main problem is finding some that's both pretty and wide enough and remembering to stay-stitch around the neckline so it doesn't stretch. Depending on how ambitious the cape-maker wants to get they can add lining, facings, trim, a hood, or even make a couple of hoods to switch out. A half circle cape is easier to find fabric for, but less fun and flowing. Here's hoping somebody reads this and gives it a go, 'cause I want cape-wearing company. If enough people wear them, maybe they'll become everyday wear again.

[ladyrogue]

Co-signed. I have a regular cape/coat that I got from (of all places) Cracker Barrel. I wear it everywhere!